A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman. Flere versionerKing 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. |
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
For an odious woman when she is married; And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.