Proverbs 14:13

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

biblegateway Pro 14:13

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

biblegateway Pro 14:13

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

biblegateway Pro 14:13

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

biblegateway Pro 14:13

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

SABDAweb Pro 14:13

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

bibleoremus Pro 14:13

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

biblegateway Pro 14:13

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

biblegateway Pro 14:13

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

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.