A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
WEB
A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
YLT
A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.
DBT
A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
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.