PRO 17:1 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Κρείσσων ψωμὸς μεθʼ ἡδονῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, ἢ οἶκος πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἀδίκων θυμάτων μετὰ μάχης.
(Kreissōn psōmos methʼ haʸdonaʸs en eiraʸnaʸ, aʸ oikos pollōn agathōn kai adikōn thumatōn meta maⱪaʸs. )

BrTr Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with 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 ⇔ Better a dry morsel in quietness
⇔ than a house full of feasting [fn] with strife.

OEB Better a bit of dry bread, with peace,
⇔ than a house full of feasting and strife.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 No LEB PRO 17:1 verse available

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

Moff No Moff PRO book available

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.

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]

17.1 sacrifices: or, good cheer

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

17:1 Chap. 15. 17.

17:1 Or, good cheere.

Bshps Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.
(Better is a drye morsel with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng 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 drye morsel with quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt cattle with strife.)

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

Luth Es ist ein trockner Bissen, daran man sich genügen läßt, besser denn ein Haus voll Geschlachtetes mit Hader.
(It is a trockner Bissen, daran man itself/yourself/themselves genügen läßt, better because a house voll Geschlachtetes with Hader.)

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

17.1 Melior est buccella. Melius est parva bona eum charitate facere, sine scientia prædicandi hoc est enim siccam buccellam esse quam magis effulgere virtutibus, cum admistione discordiæ.

17.1 Melior it_is buccella. Melius it_is parva good him charitate facere, without scientia prædicandi this it_is because siccam buccellam esse how magis effulgere virtutibus, when/with admistione discordiæ.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה & מִ֝⁠בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א

morsel dry & than,house full_of

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. See how you translated the same use of these phrases in 15:16–17. Alternate translation: “is having a dry morsel … than having a house full of”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠שַׁלְוָה

and,quiet

Here, ease refers to a situation in which someone feels peaceful because there is no quarreling. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and a peaceful situation”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שַׁלְוָה־בָ֑⁠הּ

and,quiet in/on/at/with,it

Here Solomon refers to feeling peaceful as if that ease were an object that someone could have with a dry morsel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “while feeling ease” or “while feeling peaceful”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ֝⁠בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א

than,house full_of

Here Solomon refers to a house in which people frequently eat meat from sacrifices as if the house were full of sacrifices. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “than a house in which people frequently have”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

זִבְחֵי

feasting

Here, sacrifices refers to feasts in which Israelites would eat the meat from the sacrifices they had offered to Yahweh at the temple in Jerusalem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “feasts of”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זִבְחֵי־רִֽיב

feasting strife

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe feasts that are characterized by quarreling. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “feasts characterized by quarreling”

Parallel PRO 17:1