Parallel Verses
- New American Standard Bible - It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every person, And the living takes it to heart.
- 新标点和合本 - 往遭丧的家去， 强如往宴乐的家去； 因为死是众人的结局， 活人也必将这事放在心上。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 往丧家去， 强如往宴乐的家， 因为死是众人的结局， 活人必将这事放在心上。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 往丧家去， 强如往宴乐的家， 因为死是众人的结局， 活人必将这事放在心上。
- 当代译本 - 探望丧家胜过参加宴席， 因为死亡是每个人的结局， 活着的人要把这事铭记在心。
- 圣经新译本 - 往服丧之家，比往宴乐之家还好， 因为死是人人的结局， 活人要把这事放在心上。
- 中文标准译本 - 前往哀悼之家 好过前往宴乐之家， 因为死亡是所有人的终局， 活着的人必将这事放在心上。
- 现代标点和合本 - 往遭丧的家去 强如往宴乐的家去， 因为死是众人的结局， 活人也必将这事放在心上。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 往遭丧的家去， 强如往宴乐的家去， 因为死是众人的结局， 活人也必将这事放在心上。
- New International Version - It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.
- New International Reader's Version - So it’s better to go where people are mourning than to go where people are having a good time. Everyone will die someday. Those who are still living should really think about that.
- English Standard Version - It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.
- New Living Translation - Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart.
- The Message - You learn more at a funeral than at a feast— After all, that’s where we’ll end up. We might discover something from it.
- Christian Standard Bible - It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.
- New King James Version - Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart.
- Amplified Bible - It is better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that [day of death] is the end of every man, And the living will take it to heart and solemnly ponder its meaning.
- American Standard Version - It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
- King James Version - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
- New English Translation - It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.
- World English Bible - It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
- 新標點和合本 - 往遭喪的家去， 強如往宴樂的家去； 因為死是眾人的結局， 活人也必將這事放在心上。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 往喪家去， 強如往宴樂的家， 因為死是眾人的結局， 活人必將這事放在心上。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 往喪家去， 強如往宴樂的家， 因為死是眾人的結局， 活人必將這事放在心上。
- 當代譯本 - 探望喪家勝過參加宴席， 因為死亡是每個人的結局， 活著的人要把這事銘記在心。
- 聖經新譯本 - 往服喪之家，比往宴樂之家還好， 因為死是人人的結局， 活人要把這事放在心上。
- 呂振中譯本 - 往有喪事的家去， 比往宴飲的家去好； 因為 死 是一切人的終局； 活人必須 將這事 放在心上。
- 中文標準譯本 - 前往哀悼之家 好過前往宴樂之家， 因為死亡是所有人的終局， 活著的人必將這事放在心上。
- 現代標點和合本 - 往遭喪的家去 強如往宴樂的家去， 因為死是眾人的結局， 活人也必將這事放在心上。
- 文理和合譯本 - 入居喪之家、愈於入筵宴之家、蓋死為眾人之終、生者必心藏之、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 詣筵宴之家、不如入哭泣之室、在彼見人之終、生者當深思焉。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 往憂喪之家、愈於往宴樂之家、在憂喪之家、見人之終、生者可以自悟、 生者可以自悟原文作生者可置之於心
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Vale más ir a un funeral que a un festival. Pues la muerte es el fin de todo hombre, y los que viven debieran tenerlo presente.
- 현대인의 성경 - 초상집에 가는 것이 잔칫집에 가는 것보다 낫다. 모두 죽을 수밖 에 없으니 살아 있을 때 이것을 명심하는 것이 좋다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Лучше ходить в дом плача, чем ходить в дом пира, потому что смерть – участь каждого человека, и кто жив, пусть размышляет об этом.
- Восточный перевод - Лучше ходить в дом плача, чем ходить в дом пира, потому что смерть – участь каждого человека, и кто жив, пусть размышляет об этом.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Лучше ходить в дом плача, чем ходить в дом пира, потому что смерть – участь каждого человека, и кто жив, пусть размышляет об этом.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Лучше ходить в дом плача, чем ходить в дом пира, потому что смерть – участь каждого человека, и кто жив, пусть размышляет об этом.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mieux vaut se rendre dans une maison endeuillée que dans celle où l’on festoie, car celle-là nous rappelle quelle est la fin de tout homme et il est bon d’y réfléchir pendant qu’on est en vie.
- リビングバイブル - 宴会に顔を出すより、 葬式に列席するほうがよい。 やがて死ぬわけだから、 生きているうちに死について考えるのは良いことだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - É melhor ir a uma casa onde há luto do que a uma casa em festa, pois a morte é o destino de todos; os vivos devem levar isso a sério!
- Hoffnung für alle - Geh lieber in ein Haus, wo man trauert, als dorthin, wo gefeiert wird. Denn im Trauerhaus wird man daran erinnert, dass der Tod auf jeden Menschen wartet. Wer noch lebt, sollte sich dies zu Herzen nehmen!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Thà dành thời gian tại tang chế hơn tại yến tiệc. Ai rồi cũng phải chết—vậy người sống hãy để tâm suy nghĩ điều này.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ไปบ้านที่มีการไว้ทุกข์ ก็ดีกว่าไปบ้านที่มีงานเลี้ยง เพราะความตายเป็นจุดหมายปลายทางของทุกคน ผู้ที่ยังมีชีวิตอยู่ควรใส่ใจในข้อนี้
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ไปบ้านที่มีความเศร้าโศกดีกว่า ไปบ้านที่มีงานเลี้ยง เพราะคนที่มีชีวิตอยู่ควรเตือนตนเองเสมอว่า ความตายกำลังรอเราทุกคนอยู่
Cross Reference
- Genesis 50:15 - When Joseph’s brothers had seen that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!”
- Genesis 50:16 - So they sent instructions to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded us before he died, saying,
- Genesis 50:17 - ‘This is what you shall say to Joseph: “Please forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.” ’ And now, please forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
- Genesis 48:1 - Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.
- Genesis 48:2 - When it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed.
- Genesis 48:3 - Then Jacob said to Joseph, “ God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
- Genesis 48:4 - and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Genesis 48:5 - Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
- Genesis 48:6 - But your children that you have fathered after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance.
- Genesis 48:7 - Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath. I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”
- Genesis 48:8 - When Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, “Who are these?”
- Genesis 48:9 - And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” So he said, “Bring them to me, please, so that I may bless them.”
- Genesis 48:10 - Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. And Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:11 - And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well!”
- Genesis 48:12 - Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground.
- Genesis 48:13 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.
- Genesis 48:14 - But Israel reached out his right hand and placed it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:15 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Genesis 48:16 - The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the boys; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
- Genesis 48:17 - When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.
- Genesis 48:18 - And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head.”
- Genesis 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations.”
- Genesis 48:20 - So he blessed them that day, saying, “By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!’ ” And so he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Genesis 48:21 - Then Israel said to Joseph, “Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 48:22 - And I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow.”
- Numbers 23:10 - Who has counted the dust of Jacob, Or the number of the fourth part of Israel? May I die the death of the upright, And may my end be like his!”
- Haggai 1:5 - Now then, the Lord of armies says this: “ Consider your ways!
- Romans 6:21 - Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.
- Romans 6:22 - But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
- Hebrews 9:27 - And just as it is destined for people to die once, and after this comes judgment,
- 1 Peter 4:3 - For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.
- 1 Peter 4:4 - In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same excesses of debauchery, and they slander you;
- Isaiah 5:11 - Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue intoxicating drink, Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!
- Isaiah 5:12 - Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord, Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
- Malachi 2:2 - If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Isaiah 22:12 - Therefore on that day the Lord God of armies called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
- Isaiah 22:13 - Instead, there is joy and jubilation, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
- Isaiah 22:14 - But the Lord of armies revealed Himself to me: “Certainly this wrongdoing will not be forgiven you Until you die,” says the Lord God of armies.
- Matthew 14:6 - But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
- Matthew 14:7 - so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
- Matthew 14:8 - And after being prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
- Matthew 14:9 - And although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths and his dinner guests.
- Matthew 14:10 - He sent word and had John beheaded in the prison.
- Matthew 14:11 - And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
- Matthew 14:12 - John’s disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus.
- Philippians 3:19 - whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things.
- Job 1:4 - His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send word and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
- Job 1:5 - When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send word to them and consecrate them, getting up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
- Amos 6:3 - Are you postponing the day of disaster, And would you bring near the seat of violence?
- Amos 6:4 - Those who lie on beds of ivory, And lounge around on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the fattened cattle,
- Amos 6:5 - Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have composed songs for themselves,
- Amos 6:6 - Who drink wine from sacred bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils— Yet they have not grieved over the collapse of Joseph.
- Genesis 49:2 - Gather together and listen, sons of Jacob; Yes, listen to Israel your father.
- Genesis 49:3 - “Reuben, you are my firstborn, My might and the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
- Genesis 49:4 - Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.
- Genesis 49:5 - “Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence.
- Genesis 49:6 - May my soul not enter into their council; May my glory not be united with their assembly; For in their anger they killed men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen.
- Genesis 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will scatter them in Jacob, And disperse them among Israel.
- Genesis 49:8 - “As for you, Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Genesis 49:9 - Judah is a lion’s cub; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares to stir him up?
- Genesis 49:10 - The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
- Genesis 49:11 - He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes.
- Genesis 49:12 - His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth white from milk.
- Genesis 49:13 - “Zebulun will reside at the seashore; And he shall be a harbor for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon.
- Genesis 49:14 - “Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds.
- Genesis 49:15 - When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to carry burdens, And became a slave at forced labor.
- Genesis 49:16 - “Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
- Genesis 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned viper in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, So that its rider falls backward.
- Genesis 49:18 - For Your salvation I wait, Lord.
- Genesis 49:19 - “As for Gad, a band of raiders shall attack him, But he will attack at their heels.
- Genesis 49:20 - “ As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal delicacies.
- Genesis 49:21 - “Naphtali is a doe let loose; He utters beautiful words.
- Genesis 49:22 - “Joseph is a fruitful branch, A fruitful branch by a spring; Its branches hang over a wall.
- Genesis 49:23 - The archers provoked him, And shot at him and were hostile toward him;
- Genesis 49:24 - But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
- Genesis 49:25 - From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
- Genesis 49:26 - The blessings of your father Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors Up to the furthest boundary of the everlasting hills; May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.
- Genesis 49:27 - “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoils.”
- Genesis 49:28 - All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him.
- Genesis 49:29 - Then he commanded them and said to them, “I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
- Genesis 49:30 - in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.
- Genesis 49:31 - There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah—
- Genesis 49:32 - the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth.”
- Genesis 49:33 - When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.
- Matthew 5:4 - “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Isaiah 47:7 - Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them.
- Deuteronomy 32:29 - If only they were wise and they understood this; If only they would discern their future!
- Deuteronomy 32:46 - he said to them, “Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command your sons to follow carefully, all the words of this Law.
- Psalms 90:12 - So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.