Text -- Ecclesiastes 7:3 (NET)

7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 7:3

¹ tn NEB suggests “grief”; NJPS, “vexation.”

² tn Heb “in sadness of face there is good for the heart.”

³ tn Or possibly “Though the face is sad, the heart may be glad.”