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Ecclesiastes 7:2
New Living Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:2
New Living Translation
2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies—
so the living should take this to heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:2
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:2
The Message
Ecclesiastes 7:2
The Message
2 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.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:2
New American Standard Bible
2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because [a]that is the (A)end of every person,
And the living [b](B)takes it to [c]heart.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 I.e., death
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 Lit gives
- Ecclesiastes 7:2 Lit his heart
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The Message (MSG)
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New American Standard Bible (NASB) 
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