Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife.
New American Standard Bible
Than a house full of
King James Version
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Holman Bible
than a house full of feasting with strife.
International Standard Version
Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.
A Conservative Version
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.
American Standard Version
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Amplified
Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.
Bible in Basic English
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Darby Translation
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Julia Smith Translation
Good a dry morsel and peace with it, above a house full of sacrifices of contention.
King James 2000
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
Modern King James verseion
Better is a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with fighting.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.
NET Bible
Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
New Heart English Bible
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
The Emphasized Bible
Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.
Webster
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
World English Bible
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
1 Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of strife. 2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.
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Cross References
Proverbs 15:17
Better [is] a dinner of vegetables when love [is] there than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
Proverbs 21:9
Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than [to] share a house with a woman of contention.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in a land of wilderness than [with] a wife of quarrels and provocation.
Psalm 37:16
[The] little belonging to the righteous [is] better than [the] wealth of many wicked.
Proverbs 7:14
"Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] upon me; {today} I completed my vows.