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Ecclesiastes 7:2

Death and lossGriefWisdomFellowship and the church

1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

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BSB
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.
BLB
Better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for this [is] the end of all men, and the one living will give [it] to his heart.
ÅB
Bedre er det å gå til sørgehus enn til gjestebudshus, fordi i sørgehuset ender hvert menneskes liv, og den som lever, legger seg det på hjerte.
OTB
Det er bedre å gå til et sørgehus enn til et gjestebud, for døden er alles skjebne, og de levende bør ta dette til hjertet.
B1930
Bedre er det å gå til sørgehus enn til gjestebudshus, fordi i sørgehuset ender hvert menneskes liv, og den som lever, legger sig det på hjerte.

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