The Meaning of Proverbs 14:10 Explained

Proverbs 14:10

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

YLT: The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Darby: The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

ASV: The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 14:10 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:10 mean?

The heart knows bitterness its own and its joy Not does share a stranger
לֵ֗ב י֭וֹדֵעַ מָרַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ לֹא־ יִתְעָ֥רַב זָֽר

לֵ֗ב  The  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
י֭וֹדֵעַ  knows 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
מָרַּ֣ת  bitterness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַר 
Sense: bitter, bitterness.
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ  its  own 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ  and  its  joy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שִׂמְחָה  
Sense: joy, mirth, gladness.
יִתְעָ֥רַב  does  share 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָרַב 
Sense: to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge.
זָֽר  a  stranger 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.