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.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:2 I.e., death
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:2 Lit gives
  3. Ecclesiastes 7:2 Lit his heart

It is better to go to a house of mourning
    than to go to a house of feasting,
for death(A) is the destiny(B) of everyone;
    the living should take this to heart.

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