PRO 14:10 Parallel View

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ULT A heart knows the bitterness of itself,
 ⇔ and in its joy a stranger will not share.

UST Only miserable people know how miserable they are,
⇔ and joyful people cannot share what they feel with someone they do not know.

BSB  ⇔ The heart knows its own bitterness,
⇔ and no stranger shares in its joy.

OEB The heart knows its own bitterness,
⇔ and no stranger can share in its joy.

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

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

LSV The heart knows its own bitterness,
And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.

FBV The individual's mind alone knows its sadnesses, and no one else can share its happiness.

T4T  ⇔ If you are very sad or if you are joyful, only you know what you are experiencing;
⇔ no one else can know what you are feeling.

LEB • [fn] knows the bitterness of its soul,[fn] but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.

?:? Or “mind”

?:? Or “life,” or “inner self”

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

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.

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

DRA The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.

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

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

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

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

KJB The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.[fn]
(The heart knowth/knows his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.)

14.10 his own…: Heb. the bitterness of his soul

BB The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse: and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy.
(The heart knowth/knows his own soules bitterness: and the stranger shall not be partaker of his ioy.)

GNV The heart knoweth the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy.
(The heart knowth/knows the bitternes of his soule, and the stranger shall not medle with his ioy. )

CB The herte of him that hath vnderstondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow, ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye.
(The heart of him that hath/has understanding will neither dispare for any sorow, nor be to presumptuous for any sodane ioye.)

WYC The herte that knowith the bittirnesse of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof.
(The heart that knowth/knows the bittirnesse of his soule; a stranger shall not be meddlid in the ioie therof.)

LUT Wenn das Herz traurig ist, so hilft keine äußerliche Freude.
(Wenn the Herz traurig is, so hilft no äußerliche Freude.)

CLV Cor quod novit amaritudinem animæ suæ, in gaudio ejus non miscebitur extraneus.[fn]
(Cor that novit amaritudinem animæ suæ, in gaudio his not/no miscebitur extraneus.)

14.10 Extraneus. Id est reprobus, etc., usque ad unde subditur: Dominus impiorum, etc. Sapiens timet et declinat. Sicut stulti est de sua alacritate confidere, etc., usque ad aut post mortem fortiter pœnas ferat.

14.10 Extraneus. Id it_is reprobus, etc., usque to whence subditur: Master impiorum, etc. Sapiens timet and declinat. Sicut stulti it_is about sua alacritate confidere, etc., usque to aut after mortem fortiter pœnas ferat.

BRN If a man's [fn]mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.

14:10 Or, heart be sensitive.

BrLXX Καρδία ἀνδρὸς αἰσθητικὴ, λυπηρὰ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, ὅταν δὲ εὐφραίνηται οὐκ ἐπιμίγνυται ὕβρει.
(Kardia andros aisthaʸtikaʸ, lupaʸra psuⱪaʸ autou, hotan de eufrainaʸtai ouk epimignutai hubrei. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לֵ֗ב & נַפְשׁ֑⁠וֹ & וּ֝⁠בְ⁠שִׂמְחָת֗⁠וֹ

heart & own,its & (Some words not found in UHB: heart knows bitterness own,its and,in/on/at/with,joy,its not shares stranger )

A heart, itself, and its refer to the whole person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “A person … that person, and in that person’s joy,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מָרַּ֣ת & וּ֝⁠בְ⁠שִׂמְחָת֗⁠וֹ

bitterness & and,in/on/at/with,joy,its

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of bitterness and joy, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “how bitter it is … and in its feeling joyful,”

Parallel PRO 14:10