King James Version

Proverbs 18:14

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

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רֽוּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).אִ֭ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…יְכַלְכֵּ֣לyekhalkelabideכּוּלverb, pilpel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “abide”, an unfinished actionH3557properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)(be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).מַחֲלֵ֑הוּmachalehvsicknessמַחֲלֶהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sickness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4245sicknessdisease, infirmity, sickness.וְר֥וּחַveruchaand angerרוּחַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).נְ֝כֵאָ֗הnekheahbrokenנָכֵאadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “broken”, the ordinary formH5218smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflictedbroken, stricken, wounded.מִ֣יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּהyisaenahlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

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American Standard Version (1901)

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken spirit who can bear?

Young’s Literal Translation

The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?

World English Bible

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

Darby Translation

The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

Douay-Rheims

The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A wise servant calms a man's anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Θυμὸν ἀνδρὸς πρᾳΰνει θεράπων φρόνιμος, ὀλιγόψυχον δὲ ἄνδρα τίς ὑποίσει;