The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 7:6 Explained

Ecclesiastes 7:6

KJV: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

YLT: For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.

Darby: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

ASV: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For as the crackling  of thorns  under a pot,  so [is] the laughter  of the fool:  this also [is] vanity. 

What does Ecclesiastes 7:6 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 7

1  remedies against vanity are, a good name
2  mortification
7  patience
11  wisdom
23  The difficulty of wisdom

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 7:6 mean?

For like the crackling of thorns under a pot so [is] the laughter of the fool and also this [is] vanity
כִּ֣י כְק֤וֹל הַסִּירִים֙ תַּ֣חַת הַסִּ֔יר כֵּ֖ן שְׂחֹ֣ק הַכְּסִ֑יל וְגַם־ זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל

כְק֤וֹל  like  the  crackling 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
הַסִּירִים֙  of  thorns 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: סִיר 
Sense: pot.
תַּ֣חַת  under 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִתְחָה 
Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas.
הַסִּ֔יר  a  pot 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: סִיר 
Sense: pot.
כֵּ֖ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
שְׂחֹ֣ק  [is]  the  laughter 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שְׂחֹוק  
Sense: laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision.
הַכְּסִ֑יל  of  the  fool 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
וְגַם־  and  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
זֶ֖ה  this  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
הָֽבֶל  vanity 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֶבֶל  
Sense: vapour, breath.