Text -- Proverbs 15:15 (NET)

15:15 All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 15:15

¹ sn The “days” represent what happens on those days (metonymy of subject).

² tn The contrast is between the “afflicted” and the “good of heart” (a genitive of specification, “cheerful/healthy heart/spirit/attitude”).

sn The parallelism suggests that the afflicted is one afflicted within his spirit, for the proverb is promoting a healthy frame of mind.

³ tn Or “evil”; or “catastrophic.”

⁴ tn “one with” is supplied.

⁵ sn The image of a continual feast signifies the enjoyment of what life offers (cf. TEV “happy people…enjoy life”). The figure is a hypocatastasis; among its several implications are joy, fulfillment, abundance, pleasure.