New International Version
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.

New Living Translation
Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies--so the living should take this to heart.

English Standard Version
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.

Berean Study Bible
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.

New American Standard Bible
It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart.

King James Bible
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

International Standard Version
It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.

NET Bible
It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It is better to go to a funeral than to a banquet because that is where everyone will end up. Everyone who is alive should take this to heart!

Jubilee Bible 2000
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

King James 2000 Bible
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

American King James Version
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

American Standard Version
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

Darby Bible Translation
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.

English Revised Version
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Webster's Bible Translation
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

World English Bible
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.

Prediker 7:2 Afrikaans PWL
Dit is beter om te gaan na ’n huis van rou as om te gaan na ’n huis van feesviering, want dit is die einde van alle mense en die lewende sal dit ter harte neem.

Predikuesi 7:2 Albanian
Éshtë më mirë të shkosh në një shtëpi ku mbahet zi se sa të shkosh në një shtëpi ku ka festë, sepse ky është fundi i çdo njeriu, dhe kush rron ka për të vënë mend.

ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ 7:2 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
الذهاب الى بيت النوح خير من الذهاب الى بيت الوليمة لان ذاك نهاية كل انسان والحي يضعه في قلبه.

Dyr Prödiger 7:2 Bavarian
Lieber geest eyn n Ort hin, daa wo trauert werd, als daahin, wo ayn Föstl steigt. Ayn Ieds, wo löbt, sollt syr klaar sein drüber, wie ainn sein End ausschaugt.

Еклесиаст 7:2 Bulgarian
По-добре да отиде някой в дом на жалеене, Отколкото да отиде в дом на пируване; Защото това е сетнината на всеки човек, И живият може да го вложи в сърцето си.

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
往遭喪的家去強如往宴樂的家去，因為死是眾人的結局，活人也必將這事放在心上。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
往遭丧的家去强如往宴乐的家去，因为死是众人的结局，活人也必将这事放在心上。

傳 道 書 7:2 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
往 遭 喪 的 家 去 ， 強 如 往 宴 樂 的 家 去 ； 因 為 死 是 眾 人 的 結 局 ， 活 人 也 必 將 這 事 放 在 心 上 。

傳 道 書 7:2 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
往 遭 丧 的 家 去 ， 强 如 往 宴 乐 的 家 去 ； 因 为 死 是 众 人 的 结 局 ， 活 人 也 必 将 这 事 放 在 心 上 。

Ecclesiastes 7:2 Croatian Bible
Bolje je ići u kuću gdje je žalost nego u kuću gdje je gozba, jer ondje je kraj svakoga čovjeka, i tko je živ, nek' primi k srcu!

Kazatel 7:2 Czech BKR
Lépe jest jíti do domu zámutku, nežli jíti do domu hodování, pro dokonání každého člověka, a kdož jest živ, složí to v srdci svém.

Prædikeren 7:2 Danish
bedre at gaa til et Sørgehus end at gaa til et Gildehus; thi hist er alle Menneskers Ende, og de levende bør tage det til Hjerte.

Prediker 7:2 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Het is beter te gaan in het klaaghuis, dan te gaan in het huis des maaltijds; want in hetzelve is het einde aller mensen, en de levende legt het in zijn hart.