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Proverbs 18:14
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:14
New American Standard Bible
14 The (A)spirit of a person can endure his sickness,
But as for a (B)broken spirit, who can endure it?
Proverbs 18:14
New English Translation
Proverbs 18:14
New English Translation
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:14 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.
- Proverbs 18:14 sn This is a rhetorical question, asserting that very few can cope with depression.
- Proverbs 18:14 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.
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