Verse List for PROV 17:1

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B I ◄ ↨ Prov 17:1 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) It’s better to have a dry piece of bread in quietness, ⇔ ^ than a house full of feasting with strife.

OET-LV is_good a _piece_of _bread dry and_security is_with_it more_than _a _house full sacrifices _of strife.

ULT Better, is a dry morsel and ease with it ⇔ than a house full of sacrifices of quarreling.

UST It is better for someone to have a little stale food to eat while living peacefully ⇔  than for someone to live in a house where people frequently eat large meals while arguing with each other.

BSB & MSB Better a dry morsel in quietness ⇔  than a house full of feasting[fn] with strife.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Better is a dry morsel with quietness, ⇔  than a house full of feasting with strife.

NET Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness ⇔ than a house full of feasting with strife.

LSV Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it,
Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

FBV Better to eat a dry scrap in peace than to feast in a house full of people arguing.

T4T It is better to eat a dry piece of bread and not have strife/quarrels ⇔  than to have a big feast in a house where everyone is quarreling.

LEB • Better a dry morsel and quiet with it
• than a house filled with feasts of strife.

BBE Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.

Moff Better a morsel of dry bread and peace ⇔  than a house full of banqueting and quarrels.

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

ASV Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, ⇔ Than a house full of feasting with strife.

DRA Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.

YLT Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

Drby Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.

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

SLT Good a dry morsel and peace with it, above a house full of sacrifices of contention.

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

KJB-1769 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Better is a drie morsell, and quietnesse therewith; then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
(¶ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith; then an house full of sacrifices with strife.)

Bshps Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
(Better is a dry morsel with quietness, then a house full of fat offering with strife.)

Gnva Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
(Better is a dry morsel, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.)

Cvdl Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.
(Better is a dry morsel with quietness, the a full house and many fat cattle with strife.)

Wycl Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng.
(Better is a dry mussel with joy, than an house full of sacrifices with chiding.)

Luth Es ist ein trockner Bissen, daran man sich genügen läßt, besser denn ein Haus voll Geschlachtetes mit Hader.
(It is a trockner bite(n), to_it man itself/yourself/themselves sufficient lets, better because/than a house full/whole Geslaughtereds with discord/discontentment.)

ClVg [Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio quam domus plena victimis cum jurgio.[fn]
([Better it_is buccella sicca when/with with_joy how home full victims when/with yurgio.)

UHB ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְ⁠שַׁלְוָה־בָ֑⁠הּ מִ֝⁠בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־רִֽיב׃ ‡

BrLXX Κρείσσων ψωμὸς μεθʼ ἡδονῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἢ οἶκος πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἀδίκων θυμάτων μετὰ μάχης.

BrTr Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.