13 Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the (A)end of joy may be grief.

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13 Even in laughter(A) the heart may ache,
    and rejoicing may end in grief.

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(A)Sorrow is better than laughter,
For (B)when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

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Frustration is better than laughter,(A)
    because a sad face is good for the heart.

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For as the [a]crackling of (A)thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the (B)laughter of the fool;
And this too is futility.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:6 Lit voice

Like the crackling of thorns(A) under the pot,
    so is the laughter(B) of fools.
    This too is meaningless.

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