17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.


In Context

14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.

17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.

18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 15:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:17It is better to be invited to herbs with love, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.