Proverbs 18:14

NETBible

A person’s spirit 1  sustains him through sickness – but who can bear 2  a crushed spirit? 3 

NIV ©

A man’s spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

NASB ©

The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit who can bear it?

NLT ©

The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear it if the spirit is crushed?

MSG ©

A healthy spirit conquers adversity, but what can you do when the spirit is crushed?

BBE ©

The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

NRSV ©

The human spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit—who can bear?

NKJV ©

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?

KJV
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will sustain
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his infirmity
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but a wounded
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who can bear
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NASB ©
The spirit
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of a man
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can endure
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his sickness
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, But
as for
a broken
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spirit
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who
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can bear
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it?
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N-NSM
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A-NSM
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PRT
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NET [draft] ITL
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spirit
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sustains
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him through sickness
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– but who
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can bear
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a crushed
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spirit
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?
HEBREW
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NETBible

A person’s spirit 1  sustains him through sickness – but who can bear 2  a crushed spirit? 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the spirit of a man.” Because the verb of this clause is a masculine form, some have translated this line as “with spirit a man sustains,” but that is an unnecessary change.

2 sn This is a rhetorical question, asserting that very few can cope with depression.

3 sn The figure of a “crushed spirit” (ASV, NAB, NCV, NRSV “a broken spirit,” comparing depression to something smashed or crushed) suggests a broken will, a loss of vitality, despair, and emotional pain. In physical sickness one can fall back on the will to live; but in depression even the will to live is gone.