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Proverbs 17:22

NETBible	A cheerful heart¹ brings good healing,² but a crushed spirit³ dries up the bones.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 17:22	A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:22	A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 17:22	A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 17:22	A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 17:22	A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 17:22	A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 17:22	A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
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KJV	A merry <08056> heart <03820> doeth good <03190> (8686) [like] a medicine <01456>_: but a broken <05218> spirit <07307> drieth <03001> (8762) the bones <01634>_. {like: or, to}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 17:22	A joyful <08056> heart <03820> is good <03190> medicine <01456> , But a broken <05218> spirit <07307> dries <03001> up the bones <01634> .
LXXM	kardia <2588> N-NSF eufrainomenh <2165> V-PMPNS euektein {V-PAN} poiei <4160> V-PAI-3S androv <435> N-GSM de <1161> PRT luphrou {A-GSM} xhrainetai <3583> V-PMI-3S ta <3588> T-APN osta <3747> N-APN
NET [draft] ITL	A cheerful <08056> heart <03820> brings good <03190> healing <01456> , but a crushed <05218> spirit <07307> dries up <03001> the bones <01634> .
HEBREW	Mrg <01634> sbyt <03001> hakn <05218> xwrw <07307> hhg <01456> bjyy <03190> xmv <08056> bl (17:22) <03820>

NETBible

A cheerful heart¹ brings good healing,² but a crushed spirit³ dries up the bones.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn Heb “a heart of rejoicing”; KJV “a merry heart”; NAB, NASB “a joyful heart.” This attributive genitive refers to the mind or psyche. A happy and healthy outlook on life brings healing.

²tc The word “healing” is a hapax legomenon; some have suggested changes, such as to Arabic jihatu (“face”) or to גְּוִיָּה (gÿviah, “body”) as in the Syriac and Tg. Prov 17:22, but the MT makes sense as it is and should be retained.

²tn Heb “it causes good a healing.” This means it promotes healing.

³sn The “crushed spirit” refers to one who is depressed (cf. NAB “a depressed spirit”). “Crushed” is figurative (an implied comparison) for the idea that one’s psyche or will to go on is beaten down by circumstances.

⁴sn The “bones” figuratively represent the whole body encased in a boney framework (metonymy of subject). “Fat bones” in scripture means a healthy body (3:8; 15:30; 16:24), but “dried up” bones signify unhealthiness and lifelessness (cf. Ezek 37:1-4).