Proverbs 21:19 - The Scriptures 2009

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation.

American Standard Version (1901)

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Common English Bible

Better to live in a wilderness than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.

Catholic Public Domain Version

It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.

Proverbs 21:19 Cross References

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is a calamity to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 27:15

Drops that never cease on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;

Proverbs 30:23

Under a hated woman who marries, And a female servant who supplants her mistress.

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for wayfaring men, and I would leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.