The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
WEB
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
YLT
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
DBT
The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.