Parallel Verses

Webster

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

New American Standard Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness,
And a stranger does not share its joy.

King James Version

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Holman Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

International Standard Version

The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.

A Conservative Version

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.

American Standard Version

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Amplified


The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no stranger shares its joy.

Bible in Basic English

No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

Darby Translation

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Julia Smith Translation

The heart will know the bitterness of its soul, and in its joys the stranger shall not mingle.

King James 2000

The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share its joy.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.

Modern King James verseion

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share in its joy.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.

NET Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

New Heart English Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

The Emphasized Bible

The heart, knoweth its own bitterness, and, in its joy, no stranger shareth.

World English Bible

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

Youngs Literal Translation

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

מרּה 
Morrah 
Usage: 1

References

Hastings

Prayers for Proverbs 14:10

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor. 10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Cross References

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept bitterly.

Genesis 42:21

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is sorrowful within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me?

Job 6:2-4

Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 9:18

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Job 10:1

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.

Proverbs 15:13

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Ezekiel 3:14

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

Mark 14:33-34

And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and to be very heavy;

John 12:27

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause I came to this hour.

John 14:18

I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.

John 14:23

Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loveth me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 1:8

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable, and full of glory:

Revelation 2:17

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, he excepted, that receiveth it.

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