Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow ¹  is better than laughter, because sober reflection ²  is good for the heart. ³ 

Ps 119:67,71; Ps 126:5,6; Jer 31:8,9,15-20; Jer 50:4,5; Da 9:3-19; Da 10:2,3,19; Zec 12:10-14; Lu 6:21,25; Joh 16:20-22; Ro 5:3,4; 2Co 4:17; 2Co 7:9-11; Heb 12:10,11; Jas 1:2-4; Jas 4:8-10

¹ tn NEB suggests “grief”; NJPS, “vexation.”

² tn Heb “in sadness of face there is good for the heart.”

³ tn Or possibly “Though the face is sad, the heart may be glad.”