Ecclesiastes 7:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.Hebrew in the bosom of fools

KJV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

WEB

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

ASV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

LSV

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, || For anger in the bosom of fools rests.

YLT

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

DBY

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

DRC7:10

Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

GNV7:11

Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.

JPS

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

LXXE

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תְּבַהֵ֥ל בְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖ לִכְע֑וֹס כִּ֣י כַ֔עַס בְּחֵ֥יק כְּסִילִ֖ים יָנֽוּחַ׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν πνεύματί σου τοῦ θυμοῦσθαι, ὅτι θυμὸς ἐν κόλπῳ ἀφρόνων ἀναπαύσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• James 1:19My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
• Proverbs 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
• Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
• Ephesians 4:26–27“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, and do not give the devil a foothold.
• Proverbs 26:23–26Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart. A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven…
• Genesis 34:7–8When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not…
• Genesis 34:30–31Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and…
• 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
• Genesis 34:25–26Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male. They killed Hamor and his son…
• 2 Samuel 19:43“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed…
• Genesis 4:5–6but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
• 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and…
• Esther 3:5–6When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage. And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he…
• 1 Samuel 25:21–22Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good. May God punish David,…
• Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
• Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

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