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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, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (Eccl. 2:2)
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Psa. 58:9• 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. (Psa. 58:9)
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Psa. 118:12• 12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. (Psa. 118:12)
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Isa. 65:13‑15• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
 14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and 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 of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. (Amos 8:10)
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Luke 6:25• 25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luke 6:25)
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Luke 16:25• 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (Luke 16:25)
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2 Peter 2:13‑17• 13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
 14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
 15Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
 16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
 17These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (2 Peter 2:13‑17)
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Jude 12‑13• 12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. (Jude 12‑13)
crackling.
Heb. sound.
the laughter.
Prov. 29:9• 9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is 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.