Proverbs 14:13

NETBible

Even in laughter the heart may ache, 1  and the end 2  of joy may be 3  grief.

NIV ©

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief.

NASB ©

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.

NLT ©

Laughter can conceal a heavy heart; when the laughter ends, the grief remains.

MSG ©

Sure, those people appear to be having a good time, but all that laughter will end in heartbreak.

BBE ©

Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

NRSV ©

Even in laughter the heart is sad, and the end of joy is grief.

NKJV ©

Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be grief.

KJV
Even in laughter
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the heart
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is sorrowful
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and the end
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of that mirth
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[is] heaviness
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NASB ©
Even
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in laughter
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the heart
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may be in pain
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, And the end
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of joy
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may be grief
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.
LXXM
en
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PREP
eufrosunaiv
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N-DPF
ou
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ADV
prosmeignutai {V-PMI-3S} luph
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N-NSF
teleutaia {A-NSF} de
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PRT
cara
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N-NSF
eiv
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PREP
penyov
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N-ASN
ercetai
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V-PMI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
Even
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in laughter
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the heart
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may ache
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, and the end
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of joy
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may be grief
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.
HEBREW
hgwt
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hxmv
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htyrxaw
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bl
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baky
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qwxvb
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Mg (14:13)
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NETBible

Even in laughter the heart may ache, 1  and the end 2  of joy may be 3  grief.

NET Notes

1 sn No joy is completely free of grief. There is a joy that is superficial and there is underlying pain that will remain after the joy is gone.

2 tn Heb “and its end, joy, is grief.” The suffix may be regarded as an Aramaism, a proleptic suffix referring to “joy.”

3 tn The phrase “may be” is not in the Hebrew but is supplied from the parallelism, which features an imperfect of possibility.