The heart knows its own bitterness, ¹  and with its joy no one else ²  can share. ³ 

biblegateway Pro 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.

biblegateway Pro 14:10

Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no-one else can share its joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

bibleoremus Pro 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and in its joy a stranger has no part.

biblegateway Pro 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

biblegateway Pro 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, ¹  and with its joy no one else ²  can share. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “bitterness of its soul.”

² tn Heb “stranger” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

³ tn The verb is the Hitpael of II עָרַב (’arav), which means “to take in pledge; to give in pledge; to exchange.” Here it means “to share [in].” The proverb is saying that there are joys and sorrows that cannot be shared. No one can truly understand the deepest feelings of another.