Proverbs 14:30
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
American King James Version (AKJV)
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
Webster's Revision
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
World English Bible
The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
English Revised Version (ERV)
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
Clarke's Proverbs 14:30 Bible Commentary
A sound heart is the life of the flesh - A healthy state of the blood, and a proper circulation of that stream of life, is the grand cause, in the hand of God, of health and longevity. If the heart be diseased, life cannot be long continued.
Barnes's Proverbs 14:30 Bible Commentary
Sound heart - literally, "heart of health," that in which all emotions and appetites are in a healthy equilibrium. The contrast with this is the envy which eats, like a consuming disease, into the very bones and marrow of a man's moral life.
Wesley's Proverbs 14:30 Bible Commentary
14:30 A sound heart - Free from envy and inordinate passions.Is life - Procures and maintains the health and vigour of the body.
