PRO 17:22 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καρδία εὐφραινομένη εὐεκτεῖν ποιεῖ, ἀνδρὸς δὲ λυπηροῦ ξηραίνεται τὰ ὀστᾶ.
(Kardia eufrainomenaʸ euektein poiei, andros de lupaʸrou xaʸrainetai ta osta. )

ULT A joyful heart will make healing good,
⇔ but a broken spirit dries up bone.

UST People who feel happy will heal,
⇔ but depressed people will be unhealthy.

BSB ⇔ A joyful heart is good medicine,
⇔ but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

OEB A happy heart is a healthful medicine,
⇔ but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

WEBBE A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
⇔ but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A cheerful heart brings good healing,
⇔ but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

LSV A rejoicing heart does good to the body,
And a struck spirit dries the bone.

FBV A cheerful attitude is like good medicine, but discouragement makes you sick.[fn]

17:22 “Makes you sick”: literally, “dries out the bones.”

T4T ⇔ Being cheerful is like swallowing good medicine;
⇔ being discouraged/gloomy all the time will ◄drain away your energy/cause you to become weak► [MTY].

LEB • but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

BBE A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.

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JPS A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

ASV A cheerful heart is a good medicine;
⇔ But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

DRA A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.

YLT A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

Drby A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

RV A merry heart is a good medicine: but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Wbstr A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

KJB-1769 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.[fn]
(A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth/dries the bones. )

17.22 like: or, to

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]A merrie heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
(A merry heart doth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth/dries the bones.)

17:22 Chap. 15. 13. and 12. 25.

17:22 Or, to a medicine.

Bshps A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones.
(A merry heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde drieth/dries up the bones.)

Gnva A ioyfull heart causeth good health: but a sorowfull minde dryeth the bones.
(A joyful heart causeth good health: but a sorowfull minde drieth/dries the bones. )

Cvdl A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.
(A merry heart maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide drieth/dries up ye/you_all bones.)

Wycl A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
(A ioiful soul makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith dry boonys.)

Luth Ein fröhlich Herz macht das Leben lustig; aber ein betrübter Mut vertrocknet das Gebeine.
(A fröhlich heart macht the life lustig; but a betrübter Mut vertrocknet the Gebeine.)

ClVg Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit; spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa.
(Animus gaudens ætatem floridam facit; spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ

heart cheerful

See how you translated this phrase in 15:13.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה

good medicine

Here, make healing good refers to causing the person with a joyful heart to become healthy. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “will make that person healthy”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠ר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה

and=spirit downthrow

Here, a broken spirit refers to feeling sad. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but being depressed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תְּיַבֶּשׁ־גָּֽרֶם

dries_up bones

Here Solomon refers to people becoming unhealthy as if their bones were drying up. The word bone here refers to a person’s whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar phrase “decay of bones” in 14:30. Alternate translation: “causes that person to be unhealthy”

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