my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
Proverbs 17:22 - English Standard Version 2016 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: But a broken spirit drieth the bones. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. [Prov. 12:25; 15:13, 15.] American Standard Version (1901) A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. Common English Bible A joyful heart helps healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. Catholic Public Domain Version A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones. |
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.