Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. New Living Translation Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict. English Standard Version Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. Berean Standard Bible Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. King James Bible Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. New King James Version Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife. New American Standard Bible Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. NASB 1995 Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. NASB 1977 Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. Legacy Standard Bible Better is a dry morsel and tranquility with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. Amplified Bible Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention. Christian Standard Bible Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. Holman Christian Standard Bible Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. American Standard Version Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Dry bread in quietness is better than a house full of the sacrifices of judgment. Brenton Septuagint Translation Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife. Contemporary English Version A dry crust of bread eaten in peace and quiet is better than a feast eaten where everyone argues. Douay-Rheims Bible Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife. English Revised Version Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife. GOD'S WORD® Translation Better a bite of dry bread [eaten] in peace than a family feast filled with strife. Good News Translation Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble. International Standard Version Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife. JPS Tanakh 1917 Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife. Literal Standard Version Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, | Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. Majority Standard Bible Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. New American Bible Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. NET Bible Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. New Revised Standard Version Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. New Heart English Bible Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. Webster's Bible Translation Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. World English Bible Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. Young's Literal Translation Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. 2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.… Cross References Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred. Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers. Treasury of Scripture Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. an house Proverbs 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. sacrifices Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house… Jump to Previous Behaviour Better Bit Bread Crust Dry Feasting Full House Morsel Peace Quiet Quietness Rest Sacrifices Strife Therewith ViolentJump to Next Behaviour Better Bit Bread Crust Dry Feasting Full House Morsel Peace Quiet Quietness Rest Sacrifices Strife Therewith ViolentProverbs 17 1. Contrasts between the Righteous and the WickedXVII. (1) A house full of sacrifices.--Possibly the same as the "peace offerings" of Proverbs 7:14 (where see note). The consumption of these may have at times degenerated into licence (comp. 1Samuel 1:13), and quarrelling have ensued. Verse 1. - (Comp, Proverbs 15:16, 17; Proverbs 16:8.) Better (sweeter) is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith. Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten. Thus Boaz bid Ruth "dip her morsel in the vinegar" (Ruth 2:14); thus Jesus gave the sop to Judas when he had dipped it (John 13:26). The Septuagint is pleonastic, "Better is a morsel with joy in peace." Aben Ezra connects this verse with the last two of ch. 16, confining the application to the patient man; but the sentence seems rather to be independent and general. Than an house full of sacrifices with strife. Of the thank or peace offerings part only was burnt upon the altar, the rest was eaten by the offerer and his family; and as the victims were always the choicest animals, "a house full of sacrifices" would contain the materials for sumptuous feasting (see on Proverbs 7:4). The joyous family festival often degenerated into excess, which naturally led to quarrels and strife (see 1 Samuel 1:5, 6, 13; 1 Samuel 2:13, etc.). So the agapae of the early Church were desecrated by licence and selfishness (1 Corinthians 11:20, etc.). Septuagint, "than a house full of many good things and unrighteous victims with contention." With this verse compare the Spanish proverb, "Mas vale un pedazo de pan con amor, que gallinas con dolor."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Betterט֤וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good a dry חֲ֭רֵבָה (ḥă·rê·ḇāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2720: Parched, ruined morsel פַּ֣ת (paṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6595: Fragment, bit, morsel in quietness וְשַׁלְוָה־ (wə·šal·wāh-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7962: Quietness, ease than a house מִ֝בַּ֗יִת (mib·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house full of מָלֵ֥א (mā·lê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4392: Full, filling, fulness, fully feasting זִבְחֵי־ (ziḇ·ḥê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice with strife. רִֽיב׃ (rîḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute Links Proverbs 17:1 NIVProverbs 17:1 NLT Proverbs 17:1 ESV Proverbs 17:1 NASB Proverbs 17:1 KJV Proverbs 17:1 BibleApps.com Proverbs 17:1 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 17:1 Chinese Bible Proverbs 17:1 French Bible Proverbs 17:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness (Prov. 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