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Eclesiastés 7:5

Listen to Eclesiastés 7:5
5 Mejor es oír la reprensión del sabio, que la canción de los locos.

Eclesiastés 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:5

[It is] better to hear the rebuke of the wise
To listen to it diligently, receive it cordially, and act according to it; though it may be disagreeable to the flesh, and give present pain, yet the effect and issue will be good, and show that man to be wise that hears it, as well as he that gives it; see ( Psalms 141:1 ) ( Proverbs 15:31 Proverbs 15:32 ) ( 17:10 ) ; than for a man to hear the song of fools;
the vain and impure songs that foolish men sing in the house of mirth; or the flatteries of foolish men, which tickle and please the mind, as music and songs do: or, "than a man that hears the song of fools" F9, and is pleased with it.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Mylyok ryv emv vyam) "quam vir audiens canticum stultorum", Montanus, Mercerus; "prae viro audiente canticum stultorum", Rambachius.
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Eclesiastés 7:5 In-Context

3 Mejor es el pesar que la risa; porque con la tristeza del rostro se enmendará el corazón.
4 El corazón de los sabios está en la casa del luto; mas el corazón de los locos, en la casa del placer.
5 Mejor es oír la reprensión del sabio, que la canción de los locos.
6 Porque la risa del loco es como el estrépito de las espinas debajo de la olla. Y también esto la risa o la prosperidad del loco es vanidad.
7 Ciertamente la opresión hace enloquecer al sabio; y la dádiva corrompe el corazón.

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