Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. New Living Translation Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy. English Standard Version The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. Berean Standard Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy. King James Bible The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. New King James Version The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. New American Standard Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. NASB 1995 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. NASB 1977 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. Legacy Standard Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its gladness. Amplified Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, And no stranger shares its joy. Christian Standard Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy. Holman Christian Standard Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy. American Standard Version The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not inter-meddle with its joy. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Fools commit sins and upright children are willing. Brenton Septuagint Translation If a man's mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride. Contemporary English Version No one else can really know how sad or happy you are. Douay-Rheims Bible The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle. English Revised Version The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. GOD'S WORD® Translation The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy. Good News Translation Your joy is your own; your bitterness is your own. No one can share them with you. International Standard Version The heart knows its own bitterness— an outsider cannot share in its joy. JPS Tanakh 1917 The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And with its joy no stranger can intermeddle. Literal Standard Version The heart knows its own bitterness, | And a stranger does not interfere with its joy. Majority Standard Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy. New American Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, and its joy no stranger shares. NET Bible The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share. New Revised Standard Version The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. New Heart English Bible The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. Webster's Bible Translation The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. World English Bible The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger. Young's Literal Translation The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Wise Woman…9Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright. 10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy. 11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.… Cross References 1 Samuel 1:10 In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. Job 21:25 Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity. Treasury of Scripture The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy. heart Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? 1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. his Genesis 42:21 And they said one to another, We are 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. and Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. John 14:18,23 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you… Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Jump to Previous Bitterness Grief Heart Joy Part Share Shares Strange StrangerJump to Next Bitterness Grief Heart Joy Part Share Shares Strange StrangerProverbs 14 1. A wise woman builds her house(10) The heart knoweth his own bitterness . . .--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. Hebrews 4:15), yet could join in the marriage feast at Cana.Verse 10. - The heart knoweth its own bitterness; literally, the heart (leb) knoweth the bitterness of his soul (nephesh). 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 we 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. A stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy. 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 (αἰσθητική), his soul is sorrowful; but when it rejoices, it has no intermingling of insolence;" i.e. 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. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The heartלֵ֗ב (lêḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre knows י֭וֹדֵעַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know its own נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (nap̄·šōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion bitterness, מָרַּ֣ת (mār·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly and no לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no stranger זָֽר׃ (zār) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery shares יִתְעָ֥רַב (yiṯ·‘ā·raḇ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security in its joy. וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ (ū·ḇə·śim·ḥā·ṯōw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee Links Proverbs 14:10 NIVProverbs 14:10 NLT Proverbs 14:10 ESV Proverbs 14:10 NASB Proverbs 14:10 KJV Proverbs 14:10 BibleApps.com Proverbs 14:10 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 14:10 Chinese Bible Proverbs 14:10 French Bible Proverbs 14:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness (Prov. 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