Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish? American Standard Version (1901) I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? Common English Bible Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all. Catholic Public Domain Version Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: "Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived? |
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
A merry heart is a good medicine: But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.