Proverbs 14:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֗ב י֭וֹדֵעַ מָרַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ לֹא־יִתְעָ֥רַב זָֽר׃

Transliteration

lēb yôdēaʿ marrat napšô and in śimḥātô not yitʿārab zār

Grammar Details

• *lēb*: masculine singular noun - heart
• *yôdēaʿ*: masculine singular Qal participle - knowing
• *marrat*: construct feminine singular noun - bitterness of
• *napšô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
• *śimḥātô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his joy
• *yitʿārab*: 3rd person masculine singular Hithpael imperfect - he will share
• *zār*: masculine singular adjective - stranger

Word Meanings

• *lēb*: heart/mind/inner person
• *yôdēaʿ*: knows/understands/perceives
• *marrat*: bitterness/grief/sorrow
• *napšô*: his soul/his life/himself
• *śimḥātô*: his joy/his happiness/his gladness
• *yitʿārab*: shares/mingles/participates
• *zār*: stranger/foreigner/outsider

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
• Job 10:1 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
• Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
• John 14:18 : 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
• Phil 4:7 : 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
• Rev 2:17 : 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
• Gen 42:21 : 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.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
• John 12:27 : 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
• Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Prov 15:13 : 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
• Job 6:2-4 : 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
• Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 9:18 : 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.