New International Version (NIV)
2It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
for death is the destiny of everyone;
the living should take this to heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
Ecclesiastes 7:2 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
2It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every person,
And the living takes it to heart.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
2It is better to go to the house of mourning
Than to go to the house of feasting,
For that [day of death] is the end of every man,
And the living will take it to heart and solemnly ponder its meaning.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
2It is better to enter a house of mourning
than a house of feasting,
since death is the end of every man,
and the living should take this to heart.
American Standard Version (ASV)
2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
2For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
2So it’s better to go where people are mourning
than to go where people are having a good time.
Everyone will die someday.
Those who are still living
should really think about that.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
2If you go to a house where there is a funeral,
that is better for you than to go to a party.
Everyone will die one day.
People should think about death while they are still alive.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
2Better to go to a house of mourning, || Than to go to a house of banqueting, || For that is the end of all men, || And the living lays [it] to his heart.