Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

New American Standard Bible

All the days of the afflicted are bad,
But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

King James Version

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

International Standard Version

The entire life of the afflicted seems disastrous, but a good heart feasts continuously.

A Conservative Version

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

American Standard Version

All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

Amplified


All the days of the afflicted are bad,
But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances].

Bible in Basic English

All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

Darby Translation

All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.

Julia Smith Translation

All the days of the afflicted are evil: and the good of heart drinking always.

King James 2000

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

Lexham Expanded Bible

All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.

Modern King James verseion

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but gladness of heart is a continual feast.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

All the days of the poor are miserable; but a quiet heart is as a continual feast.

NET Bible

All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

New Heart English Bible

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

The Emphasized Bible

All the days of the afflicted, are sorrowful, but, a cheerful heart, is a continual banquet.

Webster

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

World English Bible

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Youngs Literal Translation

All the days of the afflicted are evil, And gladness of heart is a perpetual banquet.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
All the days
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the afflicted
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

but he that is of a merry
טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

Verse Info

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

14 A discerning mind seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
15 All the days of the oppressed are miserable,
but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great treasure with turmoil.



Cross References

Proverbs 15:13

A joyful heart makes a face cheerful,
but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.

Proverbs 16:22

Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor,
but the discipline of fools is folly.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

Psalm 90:7-9

For we are consumed by Your anger;
we are terrified by Your wrath.

Acts 16:25

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Romans 5:2-3

We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Romans 5:11

And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.

2 Corinthians 1:5

For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as grieving yet always rejoicing;
as poor yet enriching many;
as having nothing yet possessing everything.

1 Peter 1:6-8

You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials

1 Peter 4:13

Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.

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