Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.In other versions
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
ASV
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
BBE
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
DBY
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
WEB
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.
YLT
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
ENG
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
WBT
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
BSB
In context
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.