For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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

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(A)For like the [a]crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:6 Lit. sound

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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

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

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