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


In Context

2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.

3 Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

4 The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

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

6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.

7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery 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 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.