Proverbs 15:17

Proverbs 15:17 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17Better a small serving of vegetables with love

than a fattened calf with hatred.

17Better is a portion of vegetables where there is love,

Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

17Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present

Than a fattened ox served with hatred. [Prov 17:1]

17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love

than a fattened ox with hatred.

17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,

Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

17Better is a dinner of greene herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe and hatred therewith.

17Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,

than a fattened calf with hatred.

17A few vegetables where there is love

are better than the finest meat where there is hatred.

17It is better to eat vegetables with people who love each other

than to eat good meat with people who hate each other.

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