The Wise Woman
Proverbs 14:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
- KJV
- Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- WEB
- Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
- ASV
- Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
- LSV
- Even in laughter is the heart pained, || And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
- YLT
- Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction.
- DBY
- Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
- DRC
- Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the end of joy.
- GNV
- Euen in laughing the heart is sorowful, and the ende of that mirth is heauinesse.
- JPS
- Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.
- LXXE
- Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.
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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
- גַּם־בִּשְׂח֥וֹק יִכְאַב־לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ שִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Ἐν εὐφροσύναις οὐ προσμίγνυται λύπη, τελευταῖα δὲ χαρὰ εἰς πένθος ἔρχεται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
JoyAmusements and Pleasures, WorldlyAmusements and Worldly PleasuresHappiness of the Wicked, ThePoetryHeavy; HeavinessHappinessWorldlinessProverbs, the Book ofAfflictions and Adversities
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
- James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
- Proverbs 5:4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5–6It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools. For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
- Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to…
- Revelation 18:7–8As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ Therefore her plagues will…
- Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).