Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Holman Bible
but a cheerful heart has 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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 15:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly. 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast. 16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Genesis 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Psalm 90:7-9
For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
Acts 16:25
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Romans 5:2-3
through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:11
and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
Romans 12:12
rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
2 Corinthians 1:5
For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
1 Peter 1:6-8
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,
1 Peter 4:13
but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.