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Proverbs 23:15 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

My son, if thine heart be wise, My heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Proverbs 23:15 Or, even I will rejoice

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Υἱέ, () ἐὰν () σοφὴ () γένηταί () σου () ἡ () καρδία, () εὐφρανεῖς () καὶ () τὴν () ἐμὴν () καρδίαν, ()

Proverbs 23:17 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Let not thine heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Μὴ () ζηλούτω () ἡ () καρδία () σου () ἁμαρτωλούς, () ἀλλὰ () ἐν () φόβῳ () κυρίου () ἴσθι () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν· ()

Proverbs 23:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thine heart in the way.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἄκουε, () υἱέ, () καὶ () σοφὸς () γίνου () καὶ () κατεύθυνε () ἐννοίας () σῆς () καρδίας· ()

Proverbs 23:26 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes keep in my ways.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

My son, give me thine heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Δός () μοι, () υἱέ, () σὴν () καρδίαν, () οἱ () δὲ () σοὶ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () ἐμὰς () ὁδοὺς () τηρείτωσαν· ()

Proverbs 23:33 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, And thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () σου () ὅταν () ἴδωσιν () ἀλλοτρίαν, () τὸ () στόμα () σου () τότε () λαλήσει () σκολιά, ()

Proverbs 23:34 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Proverbs 23:34 Heb. in the heart of the sea

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () κατακείσῃ () ὥσπερ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () θαλάσσης () καὶ () ὥσπερ () κυβερνήτης () ἐν () πολλῷ () κλύδωνι· ()

Proverbs 24:2 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For their heart studieth destruction, And their lips talk of mischief.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ψεύδη () γὰρ () μελετᾷ () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () πόνους () τὰ () χείλη () αὐτῶν () λαλεῖ. ()

Proverbs 24:17 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐὰν () πέσῃ () ὁ () ἐχθρός () σου, () μὴ () ἐπιχαρῇς αὐτῷ, () ἐν () δὲ () τῷ () ὑποσκελίσματι αὐτοῦ () μὴ () ἐπαίρου· ()

Proverbs 24:30 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὥσπερ () γεώργιον () ἀνὴρ () ἄφρων, () καὶ () ὥσπερ () ἀμπελὼν () ἄνθρωπος () ἐνδεὴς () φρενῶν· ()

Proverbs 24:32 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Proverbs 24:32 Heb. set my heart

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὕστερον () ἐγὼ () μετενόησα, () ἐπέβλεψα () τοῦ () ἐκλέξασθαι () παιδείαν. ()

Proverbs 25:3 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Proverbs 25:3 Heb. there is no searching

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Οὐρανὸς () ὑψηλός, () γῆ () δὲ () βαθεῖα, () καρδία () δὲ () βασιλέως () ἀνεξέλεγκτος.

Proverbs 25:20 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, So is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὥσπερ () ὄξος () ἕλκει () ἀσύμφορον, οὕτως () προσπεσὸν () πάθος () ἐν () σώματι () καρδίαν () λυπεῖ. () ὥσπερ () σὴς () ἱματίῳ () καὶ () σκώληξ () ξύλῳ, () οὕτως () λύπη () ἀνδρὸς () βλάπτει () καρδίαν. ()

Proverbs 25:20 Originally verses 25:20 and 25:20a.

Proverbs 26:23 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Burning lips and a wicked heart Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀργύριον () διδόμενον () μετὰ () δόλου () ὥσπερ () ὄστρακον ἡγητέον. Χείλη () λεῖα () καρδίαν () καλύπτει () λυπηράν.

Proverbs 26:25 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: For there are seven abominations in his heart.

Proverbs 26:25 Heb. maketh his voice gracious

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἐάν () σου () δέηται () ὁ () ἐχθρὸς () μεγάλῃ () τῇ () φωνῇ, () μὴ () πεισθῇς· () ἑπτὰ () γάρ () εἰσιν () πονηρίαι () ἐν () τῇ () ψυχῇ () αὐτοῦ. ()

Proverbs 27:9 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Proverbs 27:9 Heb. from the counsel of the soul

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Μύροις () καὶ () οἴνοις () καὶ () θυμιάμασιν () τέρπεται καρδία, () καταρρήγνυται δὲ () ὑπὸ () συμπτωμάτων ψυχή. ()

Proverbs 27:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Σοφὸς () γίνου, () υἱέ, () ἵνα () εὐφραίνηταί () μου () ἡ () καρδία, () καὶ () ἀπόστρεψον () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () ἐπονειδίστους λόγους. ()

Proverbs 27:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὥσπερ () οὐχ () ὅμοια () πρόσωπα () προσώποις, () οὕτως () οὐδὲ () αἱ () καρδίαι () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων. ()

Proverbs 27:23 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds.

Proverbs 27:23 Heb. set thy heart

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ () ψυχὰς () ποιμνίου () σου () καὶ () ἐπιστήσεις () καρδίαν () σου () σαῖς () ἀγέλαις· ()

Proverbs 28:14 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Happy is the man that feareth alway: But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Μακάριος () ἀνήρ, () ὃς () καταπτήσσει πάντα () δι’ () εὐλάβειαν, () ὁ () δὲ () σκληρὸς () τὴν () καρδίαν () ἐμπεσεῖται () κακοῖς. ()

Proverbs 28:26 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὃς () πέποιθεν () θρασείᾳ καρδίᾳ, () ὁ () τοιοῦτος () ἄφρων· () ὃς () δὲ () πορεύεται () σοφίᾳ, () σωθήσεται. ()

Proverbs 30:19 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maiden.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maid.

Proverbs 30:19 Heb. heart

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ἴχνη () ἀετοῦ () πετομένου () καὶ () ὁδοὺς () ὄφεως () ἐπὶ () πέτρας () καὶ () τρίβους () νηὸς () ποντοπορούσης καὶ () ὁδοὺς () ἀνδρὸς () ἐν () νεότητι. ()

Proverbs 31:11 (100.00%)

World English Bible:

The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, So that he shall have no need of spoil.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Θαρσεῖ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῇ () ἡ () καρδία () τοῦ () ἀνδρὸς () αὐτῆς, () ἡ () τοιαύτη () καλῶν () σκύλων () οὐκ () ἀπορήσει· ()

World English Bible:

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or, to afflict them

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

καὶ () ἔδωκα () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () τοῦ () ἐκζητῆσαι () καὶ () τοῦ () κατασκέψασθαι ἐν () τῇ () σοφίᾳ () περὶ () πάντων () τῶν () γινομένων () ὑπὸ () τὸν () οὐρανόν· () ὅτι () περισπασμὸν πονηρὸν () ἔδωκεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () τοῦ () περισπᾶσθαι () ἐν () αὐτῷ. ()

World English Bible:

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 Heb. had seen much

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐλάλησα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () τῷ () λέγειν () Ἐγὼ () ἰδοὺ () ἐμεγαλύνθην () καὶ () προσέθηκα () σοφίαν () ἐπὶ () πᾶσιν, () οἳ () ἐγένοντο () ἔμπροσθέν () μου () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () καρδία () μου () εἶδεν () πολλά, () σοφίαν () καὶ () γνῶσιν. ()

World English Bible:

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἔδωκα () καρδίαν () μου () τοῦ () γνῶναι () σοφίαν () καὶ () γνῶσιν, () παραβολὰς () καὶ () ἐπιστήμην ἔγνων, () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτ’ () ἔστιν () προαίρεσις πνεύματος· ()

World English Bible:

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Εἶπον () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () Δεῦρο () δὴ () πειράσω () σε () ἐν () εὐφροσύνῃ, () καὶ () ἰδὲ () ἐν () ἀγαθῷ· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

World English Bible:

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 2:3a Heb. to draw my flesh with wine
Ecclesiastes 2:3b Heb. the number of the days of their life

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Κατεσκεψάμην ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () τοῦ () ἑλκύσαι () εἰς () οἶνον () τὴν () σάρκα () μου ()—καὶ () καρδία () μου () ὡδήγησεν () ἐν () σοφίᾳ ()—καὶ () τοῦ () κρατῆσαι () ἐπ’ () ἀφροσύνῃ, () ἕως () οὗ () ἴδω () ποῖον () τὸ () ἀγαθὸν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου, () ὃ () ποιήσουσιν () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον () ἀριθμὸν () ἡμερῶν () ζωῆς () αὐτῶν. ()

World English Bible:

Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () πᾶν, () ὃ () ᾔτησαν () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () μου, () οὐχ () ὑφεῖλον ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν, () οὐκ () ἀπεκώλυσα τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () ἀπὸ () πάσης () εὐφροσύνης, () ὅτι () καρδία () μου () εὐφράνθη () ἐν () παντὶ () μόχθῳ () μου, () καὶ () τοῦτο () ἐγένετο () μερίς () μου () ἀπὸ () παντὸς () μόχθου () μου. ()

World English Bible:

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:15 Heb. happeneth to me, even to me

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εἶπα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () Ὡς () συνάντημα τοῦ () ἄφρονος () καί () γε () ἐμοὶ () συναντήσεταί () μοι, () καὶ () ἵνα () τί () ἐσοφισάμην; () Ἐγὼ () τότε () περισσὸν () ἐλάλησα () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου, () διότι () ἄφρων () ἐκ () περισσεύματος () λαλεῖ, () ὅτι () καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης. ()

World English Bible:

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψα () ἐγὼ () τοῦ () ἀποτάξασθαι () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () μου () ἐπὶ () παντὶ () τῷ () μόχθῳ, () ᾧ () ἐμόχθησα ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον, ()

World English Bible:

For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () τί () γίνεται () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () ἐν () παντὶ () μόχθῳ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐν () προαιρέσει καρδίας () αὐτοῦ, () ᾧ () αὐτὸς () μοχθεῖ ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον; ()

World English Bible:

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () πᾶσαι () αἱ () ἡμέραι () αὐτοῦ () ἀλγημάτων καὶ () θυμοῦ () περισπασμὸς αὐτοῦ, () καί () γε () ἐν () νυκτὶ () οὐ () κοιμᾶται () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτοῦ. () Καί () γε () τοῦτο () ματαιότης () ἐστίν. ()

World English Bible:

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Σὺν () τὰ () πάντα () ἐποίησεν () καλὰ () ἐν () καιρῷ () αὐτοῦ () καί () γε () σὺν () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ἔδωκεν () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () αὐτῶν, () ὅπως () μὴ () εὕρῃ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () τὸ () ποίημα, () ὃ () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () θεός, () ἀπ’ () ἀρχῆς () καὶ () μέχρι () τέλους. ()

World English Bible:

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Εἶπα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () Σὺν () τὸν () δίκαιον () καὶ () σὺν () τὸν () ἀσεβῆ () κρινεῖ () ὁ () θεός, () ὅτι () καιρὸς () τῷ () παντὶ () πράγματι () καὶ () ἐπὶ () παντὶ () τῷ () ποιήματι. ()

World English Bible:

I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Ecclesiastes 3:18 Or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐκεῖ () εἶπα () ἐγὼ () ἐν () καρδίᾳ () μου () περὶ () λαλιᾶς () υἱῶν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου, () ὅτι () διακρινεῖ () αὐτοὺς () ὁ () θεός, () καὶ () τοῦ () δεῖξαι () ὅτι () αὐτοὶ () κτήνη () εἰσὶν () καί () γε () αὐτοῖς. ()

World English Bible:

Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Or, word

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Μὴ () σπεῦδε () ἐπὶ () στόματί () σου, () καὶ () καρδία () σου () μὴ () ταχυνάτω τοῦ () ἐξενέγκαι () λόγον () πρὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ· () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐν () τῷ () οὐρανῷ, () καὶ () σὺ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ἐπὶ () τούτῳ () ἔστωσαν () οἱ () λόγοι () σου () ὀλίγοι. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Originally verse 5:1.

World English Bible:

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () οὐ () πολλὰ () μνησθήσεται τὰς () ἡμέρας () τῆς () ζωῆς () αὐτοῦ· () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () περισπᾷ () αὐτὸν () ἐν () εὐφροσύνῃ () καρδίας () αὐτοῦ. ()

Ecclesiastes 5:20 Originally verse 5:19.

World English Bible:

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.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

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.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀγαθὸν () πορευθῆναι () εἰς () οἶκον () πένθους () ἢ () ὅτι () πορευθῆναι () εἰς () οἶκον () πότου, () καθότι () τοῦτο () τέλος () παντὸς () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου, () καὶ () ὁ () ζῶν () δώσει () εἰς () καρδίαν () αὐτοῦ. ()

World English Bible:

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 Or, anger

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἀγαθὸν () θυμὸς () ὑπὲρ () γέλωτα, () ὅτι () ἐν () κακίᾳ () προσώπου () ἀγαθυνθήσεται καρδία. ()

World English Bible:

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καρδία () σοφῶν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () πένθους, () καὶ () καρδία () ἀφρόνων () ἐν () οἴκῳ () εὐφροσύνης. ()

World English Bible:

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () ἡ () συκοφαντία περιφέρει () σοφὸν () καὶ () ἀπόλλυσι () τὴν () καρδίαν () εὐτονίας αὐτοῦ. ()

World English Bible:

Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

Ecclesiastes 7:21 Heb. give not thine heart

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καί () γε () εἰς () πάντας () τοὺς () λόγους, () οὓς () λαλήσουσιν, () μὴ () θῇς () καρδίαν () σου, () ὅπως () μὴ () ἀκούσῃς () τοῦ () δούλου () σου () καταρωμένου () σε, ()

World English Bible:

for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

ὅτι () πλειστάκις πονηρεύσεταί σε () καὶ () καθόδους πολλὰς () κακώσει () καρδίαν () σου, () ὅπως () καί () γε () σὺ () κατηράσω () ἑτέρους. ()

World English Bible:

I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Ecclesiastes 7:25 Heb. I and mine heart compassed

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐκύκλωσα () ἐγώ, () καὶ () ἡ () καρδία () μου () τοῦ () γνῶναι () καὶ () τοῦ () κατασκέψασθαι καὶ () ζητῆσαι () σοφίαν () καὶ () ψῆφον () καὶ () τοῦ () γνῶναι () ἀσεβοῦς () ἀφροσύνην () καὶ () σκληρίαν καὶ () περιφοράν.

World English Bible:

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () εὑρίσκω () ἐγὼ () πικρότερον () ὑπὲρ () θάνατον, () σὺν () τὴν () γυναῖκα, () ἥτις () ἐστὶν () θηρεύματα καὶ () σαγῆναι () καρδία () αὐτῆς, () δεσμοὶ () χεῖρες () αὐτῆς· () ἀγαθὸς () πρὸ () προσώπου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐξαιρεθήσεται () ἀπ’ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἁμαρτάνων () συλλημφθήσεται () ἐν () αὐτῇ. ()

World English Bible:

Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment.

Ecclesiastes 8:5 Heb. shall know

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὁ () φυλάσσων () ἐντολὴν () οὐ () γνώσεται () ῥῆμα () πονηρόν, () καὶ () καιρὸν () κρίσεως () γινώσκει () καρδία () σοφοῦ· ()

World English Bible:

All this I have seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Καὶ () σὺν () πᾶν () τοῦτο () εἶδον () καὶ () ἔδωκα () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () εἰς () πᾶν () ποίημα, () ὃ () πεποίηται () ὑπὸ () τὸν () ἥλιον, () τὰ () ὅσα () ἐξουσιάσατο () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐν () ἀνθρώπῳ () τοῦ () κακῶσαι () αὐτόν· ()

World English Bible:

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () γινομένη () ἀντίρρησις ἀπὸ () τῶν () ποιούντων () τὸ () πονηρὸν () ταχύ· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐπληροφορήθη () καρδία () υἱῶν () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () πονηρόν. ()

World English Bible:

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),

King James w/Strong’s #s:

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ἐν () οἷς () ἔδωκα () τὴν () καρδίαν () μου () τοῦ () γνῶναι () σοφίαν () καὶ () τοῦ () ἰδεῖν () τὸν () περισπασμὸν τὸν () πεποιημένον () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () καί () γε () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () καὶ () ἐν () νυκτὶ () ὕπνον () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () αὐτοῦ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () βλέπων, ()

World English Bible:

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Ecclesiastes 9:1 Heb. I gave, or set to my heart

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Ὅτι () σὺν () πᾶν () τοῦτο () ἔδωκα () εἰς () καρδίαν () μου, () καὶ () καρδία () μου () σὺν () πᾶν () εἶδεν () τοῦτο, () ὡς () οἱ () δίκαιοι () καὶ () οἱ () σοφοὶ () καὶ () ἐργασίαι () αὐτῶν () ἐν () χειρὶ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καί () γε () ἀγάπην () καί () γε () μῖσος οὐκ () ἔστιν () εἰδὼς () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος· () τὰ () πάντα () πρὸ () προσώπου () αὐτῶν, ()

World English Bible:

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s:

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ):

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.