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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For as the θcrackling
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of thorns
ciyr (Hebrew #5518)
or cirah (Jeremiah 52:18) {see-raw'}; from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
KJV usage: caldron, fishhook, pan, ((wash-))pot, thorn.
Pronounce: seer
Origin: or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'}
under a pot
ciyr (Hebrew #5518)
or cirah (Jeremiah 52:18) {see-raw'}; from a primitive root meaning to boil up; a pot; also a thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
KJV usage: caldron, fishhook, pan, ((wash-))pot, thorn.
Pronounce: seer
Origin: or (feminine) ciyrah {see-raw'}
, so is the laughter
schowq (Hebrew #7814)
from 7832; laughter (in merriment or defiance)
KJV usage: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
Pronounce: sekh-oke'
Origin: or schoq {sekh-oke'}
of the fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
: this also is vanity
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
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θ
sound.

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Pot,
Thorns; Thistles

Cross References

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Eccl. 2:2• 2I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it? (Eccl. 2:2)
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Psa. 58:9• 9Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning,--they shall be whirled away. (Psa. 58:9)
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Psa. 118:12• 12They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. (Psa. 118:12)
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Isa. 65:13‑15• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and *ye* shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and *ye* shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and *ye* shall be ashamed;
 14behold, my servants shall sing aloud for gladness of heart, and *ye* shall cry out for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto mine elect; for the Lord Jehovah will slay thee, and will call his servants by another name: (Isa. 65:13‑15)
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Amos 8:10• 10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. (Amos 8:10)
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Luke 6:25• 25Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luke 6:25)
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Luke 16:25• 25But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering. (Luke 16:25)
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2 Peter 2:13‑17• 13receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
 14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
 15having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;
 16but had reproof of his own wickedness--the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
 17These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever. (2 Peter 2:13‑17)
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Jude 12‑13• 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;
 13raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, to whom has been reserved the gloom of darkness for eternity. (Jude 12‑13)
crackling.
Heb. sound.
the laughter.
Prov. 29:9• 9If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest. (Prov. 29:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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