Proverbs 17:1

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Proverbs 17:1

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New American Standard Bible

Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it
Than a house full of feasting with strife.

King James Version

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Holman Bible

Better a dry crust with peace
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

Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace
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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled [with] feasts of 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.

Themes

Peace » Advantages of

Quietness » Encouraged

Strife » Temporal blessing embittered by

Topics

Stress And Hard Times

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

Better

H2896

טוב
Towb

good, better, well, goodness, goodly, best, merry, fair, prosperity, precious, fine, wealth, beautiful, fairer, favour, glad,

Usage: 553

is a dry

H2720

חרב
Chareb

waste, dry, desolate

Usage: 10

morsel

H6595

פּת
Path

morsel, piece, meat

Usage: 15

and quietness

H7962

שׁלוה
Shalvah

prosperity, peaceably, quietness, abundance, peace

Usage: 8

therewith, than an house

H1004

בּית
Bayith

house, household, home, within, temple, prison, place, family, families , dungeon,

Usage: 2053

full

H4392

מלא
Male'

full, fill, with child, fully, much, multitude, worth

Usage: 63

of sacrifices

H2077

זבח
Zebach

sacrifice, offerings, offer

Usage: 162

References

Hastings

Contentment

Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:1

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 16749
Proverbs Rank: 470
15 Topics
3 Themes
5 Cross References
2 Readings
Interlinear
1 Phrase
1 Reference

Context Readings

¹ Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
² A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.

Phrases

Offered Sacrifices

Cross References

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dish of vegetables where love is
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Psalm 37:16

Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.

Proverbs 7:14

“I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.

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