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Proverbs 18:14

NETBible	A person’s spirit¹ sustains him through sickness – but who can bear² a crushed spirit?³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 18:14	A man’s spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:14	The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit who can bear it?
NLT © biblegateway Pro 18:14	The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear it if the spirit is crushed?
MSG © biblegateway Pro 18:14	A healthy spirit conquers adversity, but what can you do when the spirit is crushed?
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 18:14	The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 18:14	The human spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit—who can bear?
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 18:14	The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?
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KJV	The spirit <07307> of a man <0376> will sustain <03557> (8770) his infirmity <04245>_; but a wounded <05218> spirit <07307> who can bear <05375> (8799)_?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:14	The spirit <07307> of a man <0376> can endure <03557> his sickness <04245> , But as for a broken <05218> spirit <07307> who <04310> can bear <05375> it?
LXXM	yumon <2372> N-ASM androv <435> N-GSM praunei {V-PAI-3S} yerapwn <2324> N-NSM fronimov <5429> A-NSM oligoqucon <3642> A-ASM de <1161> PRT andra <435> N-ASM tiv <5100> I-NSM upoisei <5297> V-FAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	A person’s <0376> spirit <07307> sustains <03557> him through sickness <04245> – but who <04310> can bear <05375> a crushed <05218> spirit <07307> ?
HEBREW	hnavy <05375> ym <04310> hakn <05218> xwrw <07307> whlxm <04245> lklky <03557> sya <0376> xwr (18:14) <07307>

NETBible

A person’s spirit¹ sustains him through sickness – but who can bear² a crushed spirit?³

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

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

³sn 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.