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and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its gladness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, And no stranger shares its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not inter-meddle with its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />No one else can really know how sad or happy you are. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your joy is your own; your bitterness is your own. No one can share them with you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness— an outsider cannot share in its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, "" And a stranger does not interfere with its joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The heart will know the bitterness of its soul, and in its joys the stranger shall not mingle.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and its joy no stranger shares. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Fools commit sins; but the children of the upright have good will.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Fools commit sins and upright children are willing.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>If</i> a man's mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/14-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=2613" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/14.htm">The Wise Woman</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lêḇ (N-ms) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">The heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yō·w·ḏê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">knows</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">its own</a> <a href="/hebrew/4787.htm" title="4787: mār·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Bitterness. A form of morah; trouble.">bitterness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zār (Adj-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">stranger</a> <a href="/hebrew/6148.htm" title="6148: yiṯ·‘ā·raḇ (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to braid, i.e. Intermix; technically, to traffic; also or give to be security.">shares</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: ū·ḇə·śim·ḥā·ṯōw (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">in its joy.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-21.htm">Psalm 73:21-22</a></span><br />When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within, / I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-25.htm">Job 21:25</a></span><br />Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:3-4</a></span><br />Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart. / The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></span><br />The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10</a></span><br />In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a></span><br />Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-16.htm">Psalm 25:16-17</a></span><br />Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. / The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-18.htm">Psalm 34:18</a></span><br />The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-3.htm">Psalm 147:3</a></span><br />He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></span><br />Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-4.htm">2 Corinthians 1:4-5</a></span><br />who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. / For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a></span><br />For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-20.htm">John 16:20-22</a></span><br />Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. / A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. / So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-7.htm">1 Peter 5:7</a></span><br />Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.</p><p class="hdg">heart</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-13.htm">Proverbs 15:13</a></b></br> A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/18-14.htm">Proverbs 18:14</a></b></br> The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10</a></b></br> And she <i>was</i> in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.</p><p class="hdg">his</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">Genesis 42:21</a></b></br> And they said one to another, We <i>are</i> verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.</p><p class="hdg">and</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-14.htm">Psalm 25:14</a></b></br> The secret of the LORD <i>is</i> with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/14-18.htm">John 14:18,23</a></b></br> I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/4-7.htm">Philippians 4:7</a></b></br> And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/27-2.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-12.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-20.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm">Part</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-14.htm">Share</a> <a href="/revelation/20-6.htm">Shares</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-15.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-15.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/17-25.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-13.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-13.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-13.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-33.htm">Part</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-19.htm">Share</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-9.htm">Shares</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/14-1.htm">A wise woman builds her house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The heart knows its own bitterness</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the deeply personal nature of human emotions and experiences. In biblical context, the "heart" often represents the center of one's inner life, including emotions, thoughts, and will. The heart's knowledge of its own bitterness suggests that certain sorrows and pains are uniquely personal and cannot be fully understood by others. This aligns with the broader biblical theme of individual accountability and personal relationship with God, as seen in passages like <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9-10</a>, which speaks of the heart's deceitfulness and God's understanding of it. The idea that only the individual truly knows their own heart is echoed in <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>, where God tells Samuel that He looks at the heart, not outward appearances.<p><b>and no stranger shares in its joy</b><br>This part of the verse highlights the exclusivity of personal joy, suggesting that true joy is an intimate experience that cannot be fully shared or understood by outsiders. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, community and family were central, yet this proverb acknowledges the limits of communal understanding. The joy mentioned here can be seen as a reflection of one's relationship with God, as true joy often stems from spiritual fulfillment. This is supported by <a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10</a>, which states, "The joy of the Lord is your strength." The concept of joy being a personal and divine gift is further illustrated in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of His joy being in believers (<a href="/john/15-11.htm">John 15:11</a>). This joy, rooted in Christ, is profound and personal, transcending external circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart.htm">The Heart</a></b><br>In biblical terms, the heart often represents the center of human emotions, thoughts, and will. It is the seat of personal experience and understanding.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/bitterness.htm">Bitterness</a></b><br>This refers to deep personal sorrow or grief that is often hidden from others. It can be a result of personal trials, disappointments, or sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joy.htm">Joy</a></b><br>A profound sense of happiness or contentment that is deeply personal and often spiritual in nature.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/stranger.htm">Stranger</a></b><br>Represents those who are outside of one's intimate circle, who do not fully understand or share in one's personal experiences.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_personal_experience.htm">Understanding Personal Experience</a></b><br>Each person's heart holds unique experiences of bitterness and joy that are deeply personal and often not fully understood by others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_compassion.htm">Empathy and Compassion</a></b><br>While we may not fully grasp another's inner experiences, we are called to show empathy and compassion, supporting one another in both sorrow and joy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>The church community is vital in providing support, even if it cannot fully share in the personal experiences of each member.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_understanding.htm">God's Understanding</a></b><br>Unlike humans, God fully understands the depths of our hearts. We can find comfort in His complete knowledge and empathy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_the_heart.htm">Guarding the Heart</a></b><br>We should be mindful of what we allow to take root in our hearts, seeking God's help to transform bitterness into joy through His grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_midlife_crisis.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on a midlife crisis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_truth_according_to_the_bible.htm">What does the Bible teach about money?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_lions_symbolize_in_the_bible.htm">What defines being devout?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'unveiled_face'_reveal_on_identity.htm">What disrupts harmony like vinegar on soda?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">The heart knoweth his own bitterness . . .</span>--None Can perfectly sympathise with the sorrows or joys of others, except the ideal Son of Man, who came to "bear our griefs and carry our sorrows" (comp. <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm" title="For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.">Hebrews 4:15</a>), yet could join in the marriage feast at Cana.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The heart knoweth its own bitterness;</span> literally, <span class="accented">the heart</span> (<span class="accented">leb</span>) <span class="accented">knoweth the bitterness of his soul</span> (<span class="accented">nephesh</span>). Neither our joys nor our sorrows can be wholly shared with another; no person stands in such intimate relation to us, or can put himself so entirely in our place, as to feel that which we feel. There is many a dark spot, many a grief, of which our best friend knows nothing; the skeleton is locked in the cupboard, and no one has the key but ourselves. But <span class="accented">we</span> can turn with confidence to the God-Man, Jesus, who knows our frame, who wept human tears, and bore our sorrows, and was in all points tempted like as we are, and who has taken his human experience with him into heaven. <span class="cmt_word">A stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.</span> The contrast is between the heart's sorrow and its joy; both alike in their entirety are beyond the ken of strangers. St. Gregory remarks on this passage ('Moral.,' 6:23), "The human mind 'knoweth its own soul's bitterness' when, inflamed with aspirations after the eternal land, it learns by weeping the sorrowfulness of its pilgrimage. But 'the stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy,' in that he, that is now a stranger to the grief of compunction, is not then a partaker in the joy of consolation." A homely proverb says, "No one knows where the shoe pinches so well as he that wears it;" and an Italian maxim runs, "Ad ognuno par piu grave la croce sua" - "To every one his own cross seems heaviest." Septuagint, "The heart of man is sensitive (<span class="greek">αἰσθητική</span>), his soul is sorrowful; but when it rejoices, it has no intermingling of insolence;" <span class="accented">i.e.</span> when a man's mind is sensitive it is easily depressed by grief; but when it is elated by joy, it should receive its pleasure and relief without arrogance and ribaldry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/14-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֗ב</span> <span class="translit">(lêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">knows</span><br /><span class="heb">י֭וֹדֵעַ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ḏê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its own</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשׁ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">bitterness,</span><br /><span class="heb">מָרַּ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(mār·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4751.htm">Strong's 4751: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bitter, bitterness, bitterly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stranger</span><br /><span class="heb">זָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(zār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shares</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְעָ֥רַב</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·‘ā·raḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6148.htm">Strong's 6148: </a> </span><span class="str2">To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in its joy.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·śim·ḥā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blithesomeness, glee</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/14-10.htm">Proverbs 14:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/14-10.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness (Prov. 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