Parallel Verses
NET Bible
All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has 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.
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.
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 discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. 15 All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast. 16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 16:22
Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. "No," he said, "I will go to the grave mourning my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.
Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."
Psalm 90:7-9
Yes, 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 rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
Romans 5:2-3
through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory.
Romans 5:11
Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
2 Corinthians 1:5
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
1 Peter 1:6-8
This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
1 Peter 4:13
But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.