PRO 15:13 Parallel View

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ULT A joyful heart makes a face glad,
 ⇔ but by pain of heart a spirit is stricken.

UST People smile when they are happy,
⇔ but feeling sad can make people despair.

BSB  ⇔ A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance,
⇔ but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

OEB Joyous heart makes happy face,
⇔ but a sorrowful heart makes a stricken spirit

WEB A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
⇔ but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

NET A joyful heart makes the face cheerful,
 ⇔ but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

LSV A joyful heart makes the face glad,
And the spirit is struck by grief of heart.

FBV If you're happy inside, you'll have a cheerful face, but if you're sad, you look crushed.

T4T  ⇔ When people are happy, they have smiles on their faces;
⇔ but when they are sad, by looking at their faces we can see that they are sad.

LEB • [fn] of gladness will make good[fn] but in sorrow of heart[fn] a spirit is broken.

?:? Or “mind”

?:? Literally “faces”

BBE A glad heart makes a shining face, but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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JPS A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

ASV A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
 ⇔ But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

DRA A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.

YLT A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

DBY A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

RV A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

WBS A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

KJB A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

BB A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy.
(A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce: but by the sorowe of the heart the mind is heauy.)

GNV A ioyfull heart maketh a chearefull countenance: but by the sorow of the heart the minde is heauie.

CB A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.
(A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an unquyet mind maketh it heuy.)

WYC A ioiful herte makith glad the face; the spirit is cast doun in the morenyng of soule.
(A ioiful heart makith glad the face; the spirit is cast down in the morenyng of soule.)

LUT Ein fröhlich Herz macht ein fröhlich Angesicht; aber wenn das Herz bekümmert ist, so fällt auch der Mut.
(Ein fröhlich Herz macht a fröhlich Angesicht; but when the Herz bekümmert is, so fällt also the Mut.)

CLV [Cor gaudens exhilarat faciem; in mœrore animi dejicitur spiritus.
([Cor gaudens exhilarat faciem; in mœrore animi deyicitur spiritus. )

BRN When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.

BrLXX Καρδίας εὐφραινομένης πρόσωπον θάλλει, ἐν δὲ λύπαις οὔσης σκυθρωπάζει.
(Kardias eufrainomenaʸs prosōpon thallei, en de lupais ousaʸs skuthrōpazei. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ

heart joyful

Here, Solomon uses heart to refer a person’s inner being or mind. See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יֵיטִ֣ב פָּנִ֑ים

makes_~_cheerful face

Here Solomon refers to someone smiling as if that person’s face were a person who is glad. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes one to smile”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠בְ⁠עַצְּבַת־לֵ֝ב

and,in/on/at/with,sorrow heart

Here Solomon refers to a person who is feeling sad as if that person has pain of heart. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but by feeling sad”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ר֣וּחַ נְכֵאָֽה

spirit broken

Here Solomon refers to a person despairing as if that person’s spirit were hit or crushed by something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a person feels despair”

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