Proverbs 30:23

Young's Literal Translation 1862

For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

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A virtuous woman `is' a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones `is' one causing shame.

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

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than `with' a woman of contentions and anger.

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions and a house of company.

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.

For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

Four `are' little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise: