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href="/niv/proverbs/17.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/17.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness <i>and</i> peace Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife <i>and</i> contention.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />A dry crust of bread eaten in peace and quiet is better than a feast eaten where everyone argues. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Better a bite of dry bread [eaten] in peace than a family feast filled with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Better <i>is</i> a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices <i>with</i> strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Better <i>is</i> a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting <i>with</i> strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/proverbs/17.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/proverbs/17.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/proverbs/17.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Better <i>is</i> a dry piece of bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices <i>with</i> fighting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/proverbs/17.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting [with] strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/proverbs/17.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/proverbs/17.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/proverbs/17.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, "" Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Good a dry morsel and peace with it, above a house full of sacrifices of contention.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Dry bread in quietness is better than a house full of the sacrifices of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />BETTER is dry bread, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house <i>full</i> of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table 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From charab; parched or ruined.">a dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/6595.htm" title="6595: paṯ (N-fs) -- Fragment, bit, morsel. From pathath; a bit.">morsel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7962.htm" title="7962: wə·šal·wāh- (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Quietness, ease. From shalah; security.">in quietness</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: mib·ba·yiṯ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">than a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392: mā·lê (Adj-ms) -- Full. From male'; full or filling; also fulness; adverbially, fully.">full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê- (N-mpc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">feasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379: rîḇ (N-ms) -- Strife, dispute. Or rib; from riyb; a contest.">with strife.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/proverbs/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896. towb (tobe) -- beautiful">Better</a><a href="/hebrew/2720.htm" title="2720. chareb (khaw-rabe') -- desolate"> [is] a dry</a><a href="/hebrew/6595.htm" title="6595. path (path) -- fragment, bit, morsel"> morsel</a><a href="/hebrew/7962.htm" title="7962. shalvah (shal-vaw') -- quietness, ease">, and rest</a><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from"> with it, Than</a><a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house"> a house</a><a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392. male' (maw-lay') -- full"> full of</a><a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice"> the sacrifices</a><a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379. riyb (reeb) -- strife, dispute"> of strife.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="טֹוב_1 amsa 2896">Better</a> <a href="/hebrew/2720.htm" title="חָרֵב afsa 2720"> a dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/6595.htm" title="פַּת ncfsa 6595"> crust</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> with</a> <a href="/hebrew/7962.htm" title="שַׁלְוָה ncfsa 7962"> peace</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480">than</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="בַּיִת_1 ncmsa 1004"> a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="מָלֵא amsa 4392"> full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="זֶבַח_1 ncmpc 2077"> feasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="רִיב ncmsa 7379"> with strife</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/proverbs/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2896a.htm" title="2896a">Better</a> <a href="/hebrew/2720a.htm" title="2720a">is a dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/6595.htm" title="6595. path (path) -- fragment, bit, morsel">morsel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7962.htm" title="7962. shalvah (shal-vaw') -- quietness, ease">and quietness</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">with it Than</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">a house</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392. male' (maw-lay') -- full">full</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice">of feasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379. riyb (reeb) -- strife, dispute">with strife.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896. towb (tobe) -- beautiful">Better</a> <a href="/hebrew/2720.htm" title="2720. chareb (khaw-rabe') -- desolate">[is] a dry</a> <a href="/hebrew/6595.htm" title="6595. path (path) -- fragment, bit, morsel">morsel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7962.htm" title="7962. shalvah (shal-vaw') -- quietness, ease">and quietness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004. bayith (bah'-yith) -- a house">therewith, than an house</a> <a href="/hebrew/4392.htm" title="4392. male' (maw-lay') -- full">full</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice">of sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/7379.htm" title="7379. riyb (reeb) -- strife, dispute">[with] strife.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/16-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 16:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 16:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/17-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 17:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 17:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>