For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
KJV
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
WEB
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
YLT
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
DBT
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
About this book
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About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).