The Meaning of Proverbs 14:13 Explained

Proverbs 14:13

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

YLT: Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

Darby: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.

ASV: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 14:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:13 mean?

Even in laughter may sorrow the heart and the end of mirth [may be] grief
גַּם־ בִּשְׂח֥וֹק יִכְאַב־ לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ‪‬ שִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה

גַּם־  Even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
בִּשְׂח֥וֹק  in  laughter 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׂחֹוק  
Sense: laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision.
יִכְאַב־  may  sorrow 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּאַב  
Sense: to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful.
לֵ֑ב  the  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ‪‬  and  the  end 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אַחֲרִית  
Sense: after part, end.
שִׂמְחָ֣ה  of  mirth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׂמְחָה  
Sense: joy, mirth, gladness.
תוּגָֽה  [may  be]  grief 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תּוּגָה  
Sense: grief, heaviness, sorrow.