Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 7:6
American Standard Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Amplified® Bible
For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!
Contemporary English Version
Foolish laughter is stupid. It sounds like thorns crackling in a fire.
Darby English Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Good News Bible
When a fool laughs, it is like thorns crackling in a fire. It doesn't mean a thing.
King James Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
New American Standard Bible
For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility.
New International Version
Like the crackling of thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of fools.
This too is meaningless.
New King James Version
For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So sounds the laughter of the fool; And this too seems futile.
Revised Standard Version
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.
Young's Literal Translation
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So `is' the laughter of a fool, even this `is' vanity.