PRO 15:15 Parallel View

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ULT All the days of the afflicted one are evil ones,
 ⇔ but the good of heart has a feast continually.

UST What happens every day that suffering people live makes them wretched,
⇔ but cheerful people live like people who are always feasting.

BSB  ⇔ All the days of the oppressed are bad,
⇔ but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

OEB To the sad every day is a bad day,
⇔ but an endless feast to the cheerful.

WEB All the days of the afflicted are wretched,
⇔ but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

NET All the days of the afflicted are bad,
 ⇔ but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

LSV All the days of the afflicted [are] evil,
And gladness of heart [is] a perpetual banquet.

FBV The life of poor people is hard, but if you stay cheerful, it's a continual feast.

T4T  ⇔ Those who are oppressed constantly have difficulties,
⇔ but those who (OR, if they) are happy, it is as though [MET] they are having a big feast every day.

LEB • are hard, but goodness of heart[fn] is a continuous feast.

?:? Or “mind”

BBE All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

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

ASV All the days of the afflicted are evil;
 ⇔ But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

DRA All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.

YLT All the days of the afflicted [are] evil, And gladness of heart [is] a perpetual banquet.

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

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

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

KJB All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
(All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. )

BB All the dayes of the poore are miserable: but a quiet heart is a continuall feast.
(All the days of the poor are miserable: but a quiet heart is a continuall feast.)

GNV All the dayes of the afflicted are euill: but a good conscience is a continuall feast.
(All the days of the afflicted are evil: but a good conscience is a continuall feast. )

CB All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.
(All the days of the poor are miserable, but a quyete heart is as a cotynuall feast.)

WYC Alle the daies of a pore man ben yuele; a sikir soule is a contynuel feeste.
(All the days of a poor man been yuele; a sikir soule is a contynuel feeste.)

LUT Ein Betrübter hat nimmer keinen guten Tag; aber ein guter Mut ist ein täglich Wohlleben.
(Ein Betrübter has nimmer keinen guten Tag; but a guter Mut is a daily Wohlleben.)

CLV Omnes dies pauperis, mali; secura mens quasi juge convivium.[fn]
(Omnes dies pauperis, mali; secura mens as_if yuge convivium.)

15.15 Omnes dies. Omne tempus populi Dei, etc., usque ad quasi jugi delectantur convivio.

15.15 Omnes dies. Omne tempus populi God, etc., usque to as_if yugi delectantur convivio.

BRN The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.

BrLXX Πάντα τὸν χρόνον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν κακῶν προσδέχονται κακὰ, οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἡσυχάζουσι διαπαντός.
(Panta ton ⱪronon hoi ofthalmoi tōn kakōn prosdeⱪontai kaka, hoi de agathoi haʸsuⱪazousi diapantos. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כָּל־יְמֵ֣י עָנִ֣י

all/each/any/every days_of poor

All the days here refers to what happens during the days that the afflicted one is alive. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “What happens during all the days that the afflicted one is alive”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עָנִ֣י & וְ⁠טֽוֹב־לֵ֝֗ב

poor & and=good heart

Here, the afflicted one and the good of heart represent types of people, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any afflicted one … but any person who is good of heart”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רָעִ֑ים

hard

Here, evil refers to what is miserable or troublesome. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “are troublesome ones” or “are troublesome”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠טֽוֹב־לֵ֝֗ב

and=good heart

Here, the good of heart refers to a person who feels cheerful. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but the one who feels cheerful”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד

feast continual

Here Solomon refers to a person enjoying life as if that person is always eating at a feast. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a simile or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “lives as if he is continually feasting” or “is always enjoying life”

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