Proverbs 27:16 - 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.

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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.

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.

Proverbs 27:16 Cross References

Proverbs 27:15

A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.

Proverbs 27:17

Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

John 12:3

And then Mary took twelve ounces of pure spikenard ointment, very precious, and she anointed the feet of Jesus, and she wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.