It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
Proverbs 9:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A foolish woman is clamorous: She is simple, and knoweth nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and open to all forms of evil, she [willfully and recklessly] knows nothing whatever [of eternal value]. American Standard Version (1901) The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing. Common English Bible Woman Folly is noisy; she’s stupid and doesn’t even know it. Catholic Public Domain Version A foolish and loud woman, who is full of enticements and who knows nothing at all, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all, |
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.
She does not keep straight to the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
How sick is your heart, says the Lord God, that you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,
is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,