All the days ¹  of the afflicted ²  are bad, ³  but one with ⁴  a cheerful heart has a continual feast. ⁵ 

biblegateway Pro 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

All the days of the oppressed are miserable, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Every day is a terrible day for a miserable person, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

biblegateway Pro 15:15

All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

bibleoremus Pro 15:15

All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

To the downtrodden every day is wretched, but to have a merry heart is a perpetual feast.

biblegateway Pro 15:15

All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.

biblegateway Pro 15:15

All the days ¹  of the afflicted ²  are bad, ³  but one with ⁴  a cheerful heart has a continual feast. ⁵ 

¹ sn The “days” represent what happens on those days (metonymy of subject).

² tn The contrast is between the “afflicted” and the “good of heart” (a genitive of specification, “cheerful/healthy heart/spirit/attitude”).

² sn The parallelism suggests that the afflicted is one afflicted within his spirit, for the proverb is promoting a healthy frame of mind.

³ tn Or “evil”; or “catastrophic.”

⁴ tn “one with” is supplied.

⁵ sn The image of a continual feast signifies the enjoyment of what life offers (cf. TEV “happy people…enjoy life”). The figure is a hypocatastasis; among its several implications are joy, fulfillment, abundance, pleasure.