Proverbs 17:1

Translation Comparison (18 available)

Original Language Text
hebrew
ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְ/שַׁלְוָה בָ֑/הּ מִ֝/בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי רִֽיב
English Translation
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it than a house full of sacrifices with strife.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A servant who acts wisely will be put in charge of a disgraced son, and will share the family inheritance with the brothers.

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

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

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

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

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

Better a dry crust eaten in peace<br>than a house filled with feasting — and conflict.<br>

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

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

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

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

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