Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
New American Standard Bible
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
King James Version
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Holman Bible
for anger abides in the heart of fools.
International Standard Version
Never be in a hurry to become internally angry, since anger settles down in the lap of fools.
A Conservative Version
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
American Standard Version
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Amplified
Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger dwells in the heart of fools.
Bible in Basic English
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
Darby Translation
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not be hastened in thy spirit to be angry, for anger shall rest in the bosom of fools.
King James 2000
Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be not hastily angry in thy mind, for wrath resteth in the bosom of a fool.
NET Bible
Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.
New Heart English Bible
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant, - for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.
Webster
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
World English Bible
Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:9
Prayers for Ecclesiastes 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial
8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools. 10 Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask wisely in regard to this.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:17
He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated.
James 1:19
Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.
Genesis 4:5-6
but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.
Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with his brother Abel. And it happened when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Genesis 34:7-8
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard. And the men were furious, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel, in lying with the daughter of Jacob. And it ought not to be done so.
Genesis 34:25-26
And it happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each his sword and came upon the city boldly, and killed all the males.
Genesis 34:30-31
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among those who live in the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I, being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, my house and I.
1 Samuel 25:21-22
And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his. And he has requited me evil for good.
2 Samuel 13:22
And Absalom did not speak to his brother Amnon, neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 13:28
And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.
2 Samuel 13:32
And Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah answered and said, Let not my lord think that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons. For only Amnon is dead. For by the mouth of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we also have more right in David than you. Why then did you despise us, so that our advice should not be sought first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were more fierce than the words of the men of Israel.
Esther 3:5-6
And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor worship him, then Haman was full of wrath.
Proverbs 26:23-26
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a broken piece of pottery with silver waste.
Jonah 4:9
And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, even to death.
Mark 6:19
And Herodias held it against him, and desired to kill him, but she could not.
Mark 6:24
And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
Ephesians 4:26-27
Be angry, and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your wrath,