A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
Proverbs 27:16 - New Revised Standard Version to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. Common English Bible anyone who can control her can control the wind or pick up oil in his hand. Catholic Public Domain Version He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand. |
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.