Proverbs 14 · Verse 13

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs 14:13, King James Version

Proverbs 14:13 in other translations

BSBEven in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
WEBEven in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
ASVEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
YLTEven in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.
DARBYEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
BBEEven while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.
WebsterEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

What does Proverbs 14:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. The preceding sentiment illustrated by the disappointments of a wicked or untimely joy.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful - Many a time is a smile forced upon the face, when the heart is in deep distress. And it is a hard task to put on the face of mirth, when a man has a heavy heart.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Proverbs 14:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
בִּשְׂח֥וֹקbis.Chokin laughterH7814
יִכְאַב\־yikh.'av-it is in painH3510
לֵ֑בLeva heartH3820
וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּve.'a.cha.ri.Tahand end itsH319
שִׂמְחָ֣הsim.ChahjoyH8057
תוּגָֽה\׃tu.Gah[may be] griefH8424

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 14:13

  • Ecclesiastes 2:2

    I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  • James 4:9

    Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  • Luke 16:25

    But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:5-6

    It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

  • Proverbs 5:4

    But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

  • Revelation 18:7-8

    How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

    And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:4; Ec 2:2,10,11; 7:5,6; 11:9; Lu 16:25; Jas 4:9; Re 18:7,8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 14:12

    There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Proverbs 14:13

    Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

  • Proverbs 14:14

    The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

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Proverbs 14:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Aun en la risa tendrá dolor el corazón; y el término de la alegría es congoja.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Même dans le rire le cœur est triste; et la fin de la joie, c’est le chagrin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Auch beim Lachen hat das Herz Kummer, und ihr, der Freude, Ende ist Traurigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Risus dolore miscebitur, et extrema gaudii luctus occupat.