Proverbs 15:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”
Proverbs 15:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 15:17 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 15:17 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 15:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.”
Proverbs 15:17 — World English Bible
Proverbs 15:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.”
Proverbs 15:17 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 15:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.”
Proverbs 15:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 15:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.”
Proverbs 15:17 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 15:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.”
Proverbs 15:17 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 15:17 in Context — Proverbs 15
15 Todos los días del afligido son trabajosos: mas el de corazón contento [tiene] un convite continuo.
16 Mejor es lo poco con el temor de Jehová, que el gran tesoro donde hay turbación.
17 Mejor es la comida de legumbres donde hay amor, que de buey engordado donde hay odio.
18 El hombre iracundo mueve contiendas: mas el que tarde se enoja, apaciguará la rencilla.
19 El camino del perezoso es como seto de espinos: mas la vereda de los rectos [como] una calzada.
What Does Proverbs 15:17 Mean?
Proverbs 15:17 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 15. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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