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Ecclesiastes 7:3

NET ©	Sorrow¹ is better than laughter, because sober reflection² is good for the heart.³
NIV ©	Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.
NASB ©	Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
NLT ©	Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.
MSG ©	Crying is better than laughing. It blotches the face but it scours the heart.
BBE ©	Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
NRSV ©	Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.
NKJV ©	Sorrow is better than laughter, For by a sad countenance the heart is made better.

KJV	Sorrow <03708> [is] better <02896> than laughter <07814>_: for by the sadness <07455> of the countenance <06440> the heart <03820> is made better <03190> (8799)_. {Sorrow: or, Anger}
NASB ©	Sorrow <03708> is better <02896> than <04480> laughter <07814> , For when a face <06440> is sad <07455> a heart <03820> may be happy <03190> .
HEBREW	bl <03820> bjyy <03190> Mynp <06440> erb <07455> yk <03588> qxvm <07814> oek <03708> bwj (7:3) <02896>
LXXM	agayon <18> A-NSN yumov <2372> N-NSM uper <5228> PREP gelwta <1071> N-ASM oti <3754> CONJ en <1722> PREP kakia <2549> N-DSF proswpou <4383> N-GSN agayunyhsetai {V-FPI-3S} kardia <2588> N-NSF
NET © [draft] ITL	Sorrow is better <02896> than laughter <07814> , because <03588> sober reflection <07455> is good <03190> for <06440> the heart <03820> .
NET ©	Sorrow¹ is better than laughter, because sober reflection² is good for the heart.³
NET © Notes	¹tn NEB suggests “grief”; NJPS, “vexation.” ²tn Heb “in sadness of face there is good for the heart.” ³tn Or possibly “Though the face is sad, the heart may be glad.”

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