Ecclesiastes 7:2

Ecclesiastes 7:2 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

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.

2It is better to go to a house of mourning

Than to go to a house of feasting,

Because 7:2 I.e., deaththat is the end of every person,

And the living 7:2 Lit givestakes it to 7:2 Lit his heartheart.

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 man,

And the living takes it to heart.

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.

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.

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.