[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good [warning] to his heart.
WEB
Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
Parallel Translations
A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
Cross References
Psalms 90:12Hebrews 9:27Deuteronomy 32:29Deuteronomy 32:461 Peter 4:3–4Philippians 3:19Haggai 1:5Isaiah 47:7Job 1:4–5Isaiah 22:12–14Amos 6:3–6Genesis 48:1–22Isaiah 5:11–12Romans 6:21–22Genesis 49:2–33
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