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Proverbs 14:13

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14:13Even in laughter the heart may ache,34

and the end35 of joy may be36 grief.

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Footnotes

  1. 34 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. 35 Heb “and its end, joy, is grief.” The suffix may be regarded as an Aramaism, a proleptic suffix referring to “joy.”
  3. 36 The phrase “may be” is not in the Hebrew but is supplied from the parallelism, which features an imperfect of possibility.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Even in laughter the heart may ache,

and the end of joy may be grief.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even in laughter the heart may ache,

and rejoicing may end in grief.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even in laughter a heart may be sad,

and joy may end in grief.

NLTNew Living Translation

Laughter can conceal a heavy heart,

but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad,

and the end of joy may be grief.

KJV 1900King James Version

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;

And the end of that mirth is heaviness.