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  Ecclesiastes 7:3

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

• • 3 Better is distress than laughter,+ for the sadness of the face makes the heart better.+

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  Ecclesiastes 7:3

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

• • 3 Better is distress than laughter,+ for the sadness of the face makes the heart better.+

• Ecclesiastes 7:3

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

• • 3 Better is vexation than laughter,+ for by the crossness of the face the heart becomes better.+

• Ecclesiastes 7:3

  The Bible in Living English

• • 3 Better gloominess than laughter, because by grimness in the face the mind is in good spirits.

• Ecclesiastes 7:3

  American Standard Version

• • 3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

• Ecclesiastes 7:3

  The Emphasized Bible

• • 3 Better is grief than laughter,—For by the marring of the face amended is the heart.

• Ecclesiastes

  Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025

• • 7:3 it-2 209

• Ecclesiastes

  Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985

• • 7:3 w81 2/15 21; w77 378-379; g75 7/22 15; g74 12/8 27-28; g72 1/8 4; ad 1033; w61 420; w57 472

• Ecclesiastes

  Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition

• • 7:3

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