Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad (deep in thought) the heart may be happy [because it is growing in wisdom].
- 新标点和合本 - 忧愁强如喜笑; 因为面带愁容,终必使心喜乐。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 忧愁强如喜笑, 因为面带愁容,终必使心喜乐。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 忧愁强如喜笑, 因为面带愁容,终必使心喜乐。
- 当代译本 - 哀伤胜过欢笑, 因为哀伤磨炼心灵。
- 圣经新译本 - 忧愁胜于嬉笑, 因为面带愁容,能使内心得着好处。
- 中文标准译本 - 忧烦好过欢笑, 因为面带愁容,心也能喜乐。
- 现代标点和合本 - 忧愁强如喜笑, 因为面带愁容终必使心喜乐。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 忧愁强如喜笑, 因为面带愁容,终必使心喜乐。
- New International Version - Frustration is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.
- New International Reader's Version - Not being able to figure things out is better than laughter. That’s because sorrow is good for the heart.
- English Standard Version - Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
- New Living Translation - Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.
- The Message - Crying is better than laughing. It blotches the face but it scours the heart.
- Christian Standard Bible - Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
- New American Standard Bible - Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.
- New King James Version - Sorrow is better than laughter, For by a sad countenance the heart is made better.
- American Standard Version - Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
- King James Version - Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
- New English Translation - Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.
- World English Bible - Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
- 新標點和合本 - 憂愁強如喜笑; 因為面帶愁容,終必使心喜樂。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 憂愁強如喜笑, 因為面帶愁容,終必使心喜樂。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 憂愁強如喜笑, 因為面帶愁容,終必使心喜樂。
- 當代譯本 - 哀傷勝過歡笑, 因為哀傷磨煉心靈。
- 聖經新譯本 - 憂愁勝於嬉笑, 因為面帶愁容,能使內心得著好處。
- 呂振中譯本 - 愁苦比喜笑好, 因為由於愁容、心就好些。
- 中文標準譯本 - 憂煩好過歡笑, 因為面帶愁容,心也能喜樂。
- 現代標點和合本 - 憂愁強如喜笑, 因為面帶愁容終必使心喜樂。
- 文理和合譯本 - 憂戚愈於嬉笑、蓋面有憂、致心正焉、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 喜笑不如憂愁、色雖有憂、心則克正。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 憂愁愈於嬉笑、因面有憂容、心必向善、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Vale más llorar que reír; pues entristece el rostro, pero le hace bien al corazón.
- 현대인의 성경 - 슬픔이 웃음보다 나은 것은 그 슬픔으로 인해서 새로운 것을 깨달을 수 있기 때문이다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Печаль лучше смеха, потому что печальное лицо полезно сердцу.
- Восточный перевод - Печаль лучше смеха, потому что печальное лицо полезно сердцу.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Печаль лучше смеха, потому что печальное лицо полезно сердцу.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Печаль лучше смеха, потому что печальное лицо полезно сердцу.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mieux vaut la tristesse que le rire, car avec un visage triste, on peut avoir le cœur content .
- リビングバイブル - 悲しみは笑いにまさっている。 悲しみは、私たちの心から 不純物を取り除く効果があるからだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - A tristeza é melhor do que o riso, porque o rosto triste melhora o coração.
- Hoffnung für alle - Kummer ist besser als Lachen, Trauer verändert den Menschen zum Guten.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Buồn bã hơn cười vui, vì buồn bã luyện lọc lòng chúng ta.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - โศกเศร้าดีกว่าหัวเราะ เพราะใบหน้าโศกเศร้านั้นเป็นผลดีต่อจิตใจ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ความเศร้าใจดีกว่าเสียงหัวเราะ เพราะแม้ว่าใบหน้าจะเศร้า แต่ในใจของเขาอาจจะเรียนรู้สิ่งที่มีค่าได้
Cross Reference
- Daniel 9:3 - So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
- Daniel 9:4 - I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and extends lovingkindness toward those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Daniel 9:5 - we have sinned and committed wrong, and have behaved wickedly and have rebelled, turning away from Your commandments and ordinances.
- Daniel 9:6 - Further, we have not listened to and heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Daniel 9:7 - “Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us confusion and open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away, in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the [treacherous] acts of unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.
- Daniel 9:8 - O Lord, to us belong confusion and open shame—to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- Daniel 9:9 - To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;
- Daniel 9:10 - and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in His laws which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
- Daniel 9:11 - Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us and the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
- Daniel 9:12 - And He has carried out completely His [threatening] words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers [the kings, princes, and judges] who ruled us, to bring on us a great tragedy; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything [so dreadful] like that which [He commanded and] was done to Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:13 - Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this tragedy has come on us. Yet we have not wholeheartedly begged for forgiveness and sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our wickedness and paying attention to and placing value in Your truth.
- Daniel 9:14 - Therefore the Lord has kept the tragedy ready and has brought it on us, for the Lord our God is [uncompromisingly] righteous and openly just in all His works which He does—He keeps His word; and we have not obeyed His voice.
- Daniel 9:15 - “And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for Yourself a name, as it is today—we have sinned, we have been wicked.
- Daniel 9:16 - O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous and just acts, please let Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the wickedness of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of scorn and a contemptuous byword to all who are around us.
- Daniel 9:17 - Now therefore, our God, listen to (heed) the prayer of Your servant (Daniel) and his supplications, and for Your own sake let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.
- Daniel 9:18 - O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You because of our own merits and righteousness, but because of Your great mercy and compassion.
- Daniel 9:19 - O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
- Jeremiah 50:4 - “In those days and at that time,” says the Lord, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will come up weeping [in repentance] as they come and seek the Lord their God [inquiring for and of Him].
- Jeremiah 50:5 - They will ask the way to Zion, with their faces in that direction, saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.’
- Luke 6:21 - Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are you who hunger now [for righteousness, actively seeking right standing with God], for you will be [completely] satisfied. Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are you who weep now [over your sins and repent], for you will laugh [when the burden of sin is lifted].
- Jeremiah 31:15 - Thus says the Lord, “A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation (songs of mourning) and bitter weeping. Rachel (Israel) is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are gone.”
- Jeremiah 31:16 - Thus says the Lord, “Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears, For your work will be rewarded,” says the Lord; “And your children will return from the enemy’s land.
- Jeremiah 31:17 - There is [confident] hope for your future,” says the Lord; “Your children will come back to their own country.
- Jeremiah 31:18 - I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.
- Jeremiah 31:19 - After I turned away [from You], I repented; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh [in remorse]; I was ashamed and even humiliated Because I carried the disgrace of my youth [as a nation].’
- Jeremiah 31:20 - Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a darling and beloved child? For as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. Therefore My affection is renewed and My heart longs for him; I will surely have mercy on him,” says the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 - For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]!
- Psalms 126:5 - They who sow in tears shall reap with joyful singing.
- Psalms 126:6 - He who goes back and forth weeping, carrying his bag of seed [for planting], Will indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
- Zechariah 12:10 - “I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace (unmerited favor) and supplication. And they will look at Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him as one who weeps bitterly over a firstborn.
- Zechariah 12:11 - In that day there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of [the city of] Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo [over beloved King Josiah].
- Zechariah 12:12 - The land will mourn, every family by itself; the [royal] family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan [David’s son] by itself and their wives by themselves;
- Zechariah 12:13 - the [priestly] family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei [grandson of Levi] by itself and their wives by themselves;
- Zechariah 12:14 - all the families that remain, each by itself, and their wives by themselves [each with an overwhelming individual regret for having blindly rejected their Messiah].
- Psalms 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep and honor Your word [with loving obedience].
- Psalms 119:71 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
- Hebrews 12:10 - For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.
- Hebrews 12:11 - For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems sad and painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness [right standing with God and a lifestyle and attitude that seeks conformity to God’s will and purpose].
- James 1:2 - Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials.
- James 1:3 - Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace].
- James 1:4 - And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.
- Luke 6:25 - Woe to you who are well-fed (gorged, satiated) now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now [enjoying a life of self-indulgence], for you will mourn and weep [and deeply long for God].
- John 16:20 - I assure you and most solemnly say to you, that you will weep and grieve [in great mourning], but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- John 16:21 - A woman, when she is in labor, has pain because her time [to give birth] has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy that a child has come into the world.
- John 16:22 - So for now you are in grief; but I will see you again, and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away from you your [great] joy.
- Daniel 10:19 - He said, “O man, highly regarded and greatly beloved, do not be afraid. Peace be to you; take courage and be strong.” Now when he had spoken to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
- Daniel 10:2 - In those days I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks.
- Daniel 10:3 - I ate no tasty food, nor did any meat or wine enter my mouth; and I did not anoint (refresh, groom) myself at all for the full three weeks.
- Jeremiah 31:8 - Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them [will be] the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who labors in childbirth, together; A great company, they will return here [to Jerusalem].
- Jeremiah 31:9 - They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy], And by [their] prayer [for the future] I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble, For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim (Israel) is My firstborn.”
- Romans 5:3 - And not only this, but [with joy] let us exult in our sufferings and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that hardship (distress, pressure, trouble) produces patient endurance;
- Romans 5:4 - and endurance, proven character (spiritual maturity); and proven character, hope and confident assurance [of eternal salvation].
- James 4:8 - Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].
- James 4:9 - Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.
- James 4:10 - Humble yourselves [with an attitude of repentance and insignificance] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up, He will give you purpose].
- 2 Corinthians 7:9 - yet I am glad now, not because you were hurt and made sorry, but because your sorrow led to repentance [and you turned back to God]; for you felt a grief such as God meant you to feel, so that you might not suffer loss in anything on our account.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 - For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 - For [you can look back and] see what an earnestness and authentic concern this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves [against charges that you tolerate sin], what indignation [at sin], what fear [of offending God], what longing [for righteousness and justice], what passion [to do what is right], what readiness to punish [those who sin and those who tolerate sin]! At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in the matter.