Other translations
American Standard Version
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Dry bread in quietness is better than a house full of the sacrifices of judgment.
Darby Bible Translation
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than a house full of victims with strife.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
God's Word
Better a bite of dry bread [eaten] in peace than a family feast filled with strife.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.
International Standard Version
Dry crumbs in peace are better than a full meal with strife.
NET Bible
Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
New American Standard Bible
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
New International Version
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
New Living Translation
Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting--and conflict.
Webster's Bible Translation
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
The World English Bible
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.
EasyEnglish Bible
It is better to eat a piece of dry bread in a quiet place, than to eat a big feast in a house full of arguments.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
New Life Version
A dry piece of food with peace and quiet is better than a house full of food with fighting.
The Voice Bible
Better to gnaw on a bit of dry crust in peace than to feast in a house full of stress.
Living Bible
A dry crust eaten in peace is better than steak every day along with argument and strife.
New Catholic Bible
It is better to have a dry crust to eat in peace than to feast in a house that is filled with strife.
Legacy Standard Bible
Better is a dry morsel and tranquility with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Better is a dry morsel in peace than the house of contention full of sacrifices for a feast.
Christian Standard Bible
Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife.
New Century Version
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.
The Message
A meal of bread and water in contented peace is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Better a piece of dry bread with peace than a house full of feasting with quarreling.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Good News Translation®
Better to eat a dry crust of bread with peace of mind than have a banquet in a house full of trouble.
Wycliffe Bible
Better is a dry morsel with joy, than an house full of sacrifices with chiding, (or with arguments).
Contemporary English Version
A dry crust of bread eaten in peace and quiet is better than a feast eaten where everyone argues.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Common English Bible © 2011
Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with quarrels.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Better is a dry morsel [of food served] with quietness and peace Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
New American Standard Bible
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.
The Expanded Bible
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in ·peace [quiet] than to have a feast where there is ·quarreling [strife; contention].
Tree of Life Version
Better is dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Revised Standard Version
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
New International Reader's Version
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace and quiet than to eat a big dinner in a house full of fighting.
BRG Bible
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Complete Jewish Bible
Better a dry piece of bread with calm than a house full of food but also full of strife.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Better is a dry crust, and quietness therewith, than a bais full of zevakhim (sacrificial religious meals) with strife.
Names of God Bible
Better a bite of dry bread eaten in peace than a family feast filled with strife.
Modern English Version
Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is better to have nothing but a dry piece of bread to eat in peace than a whole house full of food with everyone arguing.
International Children’s Bible
It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.
Lexham English Bible
Better a dry morsel and quiet with it than a house filled with feasts of strife.
New International Version - UK
Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.