Loving Discipline and Knowledge
Proverbs 12:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- KJV
- A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- WEB
- A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
- ASV
- A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- LSV
- A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, || And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
- YLT
- A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
- DBY
- A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- DRC
- A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.
- GNV
- A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones.
- JPS
- A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but she that doeth shamefully is as rottenness in his bones.
- LXXE
- A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֵֽשֶׁת־חַ֭יִל עֲטֶ֣רֶת בַּעְלָ֑הּ וּכְרָקָ֖ב בְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יו מְבִישָֽׁה׃
- LXX-Br
- Γυνὴ ἀνδρεία στέφανος τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς· ὥσπερ δὲ ἐν ξύλῳ σκώληξ, οὕτως ἄνδρα ἀπόλλυσι γυνὴ κακοποιός.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 31:10–25A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. She…
- Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 14:30A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 19:13–14A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- 1 Corinthians 11:11In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
- Proverbs 27:15–16A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike— restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
- 1 Corinthians 11:7A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
- Habakkuk 3:16I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).