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Proverbs 27:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike; [Prov. 19:13.]

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American Standard Version (1901)

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

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Common English Bible

The constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

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Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

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Proverbs 27:15
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the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of mortals.


A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.


It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.


It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.


It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.


to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.