Parallel Verses
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 King James verseion
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests 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
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For anger resides in the bosom of fools.
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:17
And a man of evil devices is hated.
James 1:19
Proverbs 16:32
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.
Genesis 4:5-6
but
Genesis 4:8
Cain
Genesis 34:7-8
Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a
Genesis 34:25-26
Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob’s sons,
Genesis 34:30-31
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have
1 Samuel 25:21-22
Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has
2 Samuel 13:22
But Absalom did not speak to Amnon
2 Samuel 13:28
Absalom commanded his servants, saying, “See now,
2 Samuel 13:32
2 Samuel 19:43
But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “
Esther 3:5-6
When Haman saw that
Proverbs 26:23-26
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Jonah 4:9
Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”
Mark 6:19
Mark 6:24
And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Ephesians 4:26-27