| Proverbs 17:1 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Better a bite of dry bread eaten in peace than a family feast filled with strife.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
| ASV: | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| BBE: | Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour. |
| DBY: | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| ERV: | Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife. |
| JPS: | Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| WBS: | Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. |
| WEB: | Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. |
| YLT: | Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. |
| Proverbs 17:1 Cross References |
| XREF: | Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 17:1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than an house full of {a} sacrifices [with] strife.
(a) For where there were many sacrifices, there were many portions given to the people, with which they feasted. |
| MHC: | 17:1 These words recommend family love and peace, as needful for the comfort of human life. 2. The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to appear one of the family, than a profligate son. 3. God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer. |
| CONC: | Behaviour Better Bit Bread Crust Dry Feasting Full Morsel Peace Quiet Quietness Rest Sacrifices Strife Therewith Violent |
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