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

Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.

διοτι καθως ειναι ο ηχος των ακανθων υποκατω του λεβητος, ουτως ο γελως του αφρονος και τουτο ματαιοτης.

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