Ecclesiastes 7:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Young's Literal Translation
The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

King James Bible
The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

Hebrew
The heart
לֵ֤ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of the wise
חֲכָמִים֙ (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

[is] in the house
בְּבֵ֣ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of mourning,
אֵ֔בֶל (’ê·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 60: Lamentation

but the heart
וְלֵ֥ב (wə·lêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

of fools
כְּסִילִ֖ים (kə·sî·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

is in the house
בְּבֵ֥ית (bə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of pleasure.
שִׂמְחָֽה׃ (śim·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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