Proverbs 27:16 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Whoever attempts to restrain [a contentious woman] might as well try to stop the wind–his right hand encounters oil [and she slips through his fingers].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ anyone who can control her can control the wind or pick up oil in his hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.

Proverbs 27:16 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

John 12:3

Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Proverbs 27:15

Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.