5It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.


In Context

2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

3 Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.

4 The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

5 It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

6 For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

7 Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.