King James Version

Proverbs 14:30

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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חַיֵּ֣יchayelifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.בְ֭שָׂרִיםvesarimbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.לֵ֣בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…מַרְפֵּ֑אmarpecureמַרְפֵּאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cure”, the ordinary formH4832properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity(in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.וּרְקַ֖בureqavand rottennessרָקָבconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and rottenness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7538decay (by caries)rottenness (thing).עֲצָמ֣וֹתatsamotbodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “body”, the ordinary formH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.קִנְאָֽהqinahenvyקִנְאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “envy”, the ordinary formH7068jealousy or envyenvy(-ied), jealousy, [idiom] sake, zeal.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Young’s Literal Translation

A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.

World English Bible

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

Darby Translation

A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Douay-Rheims

Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πρᾳΰθυμος ἀνὴρ καρδίας ἰατρὸς, σὴς δὲ ὀστέων καρδία αἰσθητική·