Text -- Proverbs 14:10 (NET)

14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 14:10

¹ tn Heb “bitterness of its soul.”

² tn Heb “stranger” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

³ tn The verb is the Hitpael of II עָרַב (’arav), which means “to take in pledge; to give in pledge; to exchange.” Here it means “to share [in].” The proverb is saying that there are joys and sorrows that cannot be shared. No one can truly understand the deepest feelings of another.