Proverbs 15:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.
Webster's Revision
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.
World English Bible
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Definitions for Proverbs 15:17
Clarke's Proverbs 15:17 Bible Commentary
Better is a dinner of herbs - Great numbers of indigent Hindoos subsist wholly on herbs, fried in oil, and mixed with their rice.
Barnes's Proverbs 15:17 Bible Commentary
A dinner of herbs - The meals of the poor and the abstemious. The "stalled ox," like the "fatted calf" of Luke 15:23, would indicate a stately magnificence.
