Proverbs 14:10
What does Proverbs 14:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 14:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 14:18
I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
- Job 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
- 1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
- Job 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Mark 14:33
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.
- 2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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