Proverbs 15:15

Myles Coverdale Bible

All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the days of the oppressed are miserable,but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Hebrew Names Version
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

King James Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

English Standard Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

New American Standard Bible
All the days of the needy are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

New Century Version
Every day is hard for those who suffer, but a happy heart is like a continual feast.

Amplified Bible
All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of the circumstances].

World English Bible
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Geneva Bible (1587)
All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but a good conscience is a continuall feast.

Legacy Standard Bible
All the days of the afflicted are evil,But a good heart has a continual feast.

Berean Standard Bible
All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Contemporary English Version
The poor have a hard life, but being content is as good as an endless feast.

Complete Jewish Bible
For the poor, every day is hard; but the good-hearted have a perpetual feast.

Darby Translation
All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.

Easy-to-Read Version
Life is always hard for the poor, but the right attitude can turn it into a party.

George Lamsa Translation
All the days of the poor are filled with hardships; but those who are of merry heart have a continual tranquillity.

Good News Translation
The life of the poor is a constant struggle, but happy people always enjoy life.

Lexham English Bible
All the days of the poor are hard, but goodness of heart is a continuous feast.

Literal Translation
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but gladness of heart is 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.

Bible in Basic English
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the days of the poor are evil; but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

King James Version (1611)
All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but he that is of a merry heart, hath a continuall feast.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the dayes of the poore are miserable: but a quiet heart is a continuall feast.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.

English Revised Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle the daies of a pore man ben yuele; a sikir soule is a contynuel feeste.

Update Bible Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil; But he that is of a cheerful heart [has] a continual feast.

Webster's Bible Translation
All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.

New English Translation
All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

New King James Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

New Living Translation
For the despondent, every day brings trouble; for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.

New Life Bible
All the days of the suffering are hard, but a glad heart has a special supper all the time.

New Revised Standard
All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the days of the afflicted, are sorrowful, but, a cheerful heart, is a continual banquet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.

Revised Standard Version
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Young's Literal Translation
All the days of the afflicted [are] evil, And gladness of heart [is] a perpetual banquet.

THE MESSAGE
A miserable heart means a miserable life; a cheerful heart fills the day with song.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

All: Genesis 37:35, Genesis 47:9, Psalms 90:7-9

but: Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 17:22, Acts 16:25, Romans 5:2, Romans 5:3, Romans 5:11, Romans 12:12, 2 Corinthians 1:5, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 6:10, 1 Peter 1:6-8, 1 Peter 4:13

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:25 - Heaviness Proverbs 15:13 - merry 2 Corinthians 7:10 - the sorrow

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
It happened after these actes, yt the worde of ye LORDE came vnto Abra in a vysion, and sayde: Feare not Abram, I am thy shylde and thy exceadinge greate rewarde.

Genesis 15:2
But Abram sayde: LORDE LORDE, what wilt thou geue me? I go childles, and the seruaunt of my house (this Eleasar of Damascos) hath a sonne.

Genesis 15:7
And he sayde vnto him: I am ye LORDE, yt brought the from Vr out of Chaldea, to geue ye this londe to possesse it.

Genesis 15:9
And he sayde vnto him: Take a cow of thre yeare olde, and a she goate of thre yeare olde, and a ramme of thre yeare olde, and a turtyll doue, and a yonge pigeon.

Genesis 15:13
And he sayde vnto Abram: knowe this of a suertye, that thy sede shalbe a strauger, in a londe that is not theirs. And they shall make bonde men of them, and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares.

Genesis 15:16
And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne, for the wickednes of ye Amorites is not yet full.

Genesis 15:19
the Kenytes, the Kenizites, the Kydmonites,

Genesis 23:4
I am a strauger and an indweller amonge you, geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I maye bury my coarse by me.

Genesis 23:19
Then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the dubble caue of the felde, that lyeth ouer before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the londe of Canaan.

Genesis 35:29
& fell sicke, and dyed, & was gathered vnto his people, whan he was olde, & had lyued ynough: and his sonnes Esau & Iacob buried him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the days of the afflicted [are] evil,.... And some are afflicted all their days, from their youth up; so that not only the days of old age are evil days, in which they have no pleasure, but even the days of their youth; all their days, as Jacob says, "few and evil have the days of the years of my life been", Genesis 47:9; because they had been filled up with affliction and trouble of one sort or another. Or, "all the days of the poor" f; either in purse, who want many of the good things of life; or in knowledge, as Gersom and Aben Ezra observe;

but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast; a heart that has "the kingdom of God" in it, which lies "not [in] meat and drink, but [in] righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost", Romans 14:17: which has the love of God shed abroad in it by the Spirit, where Christ dwells by faith; and that lives by faith on him, and on the provisions of his grace; all this is a constant continual feast to a gracious soul, made joyful hereby.

f עני "pauperis", V. L. Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Afflicted - The affliction meant here is less that of outward circumstances than of a troubled and downcast spirit. Life to the cheerful is as one perpetual banquet, whether he be poor or rich. That which disturbs the feast is anxiety, the taking (anxious) thought” of Matthew 6:34.