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Proverbs 15:15

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15:15 All the days 1  of the afflicted 2  are bad, 3 

but one with 4  a cheerful heart has a continual feast. 5 

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[15:15]  1 sn The “days” represent what happens on those days (metonymy of subject).

[15:15]  2 tn The contrast is between the “afflicted” and the “good of heart” (a genitive of specification, “cheerful/healthy heart/spirit/attitude”).

[15:15]  3 tn Or “evil”; or “catastrophic.”

[15:15]  4 tn “one with” is supplied.

[15:15]  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.



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