Proverbs 30:23

In 10 translations

BSB

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

KJV

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

WEB

for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

ASV

For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

LSV

For a hated one when she rules, || And a maidservant when she succeeds her mistress.

YLT

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

DBY

under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

DRC

By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.

GNV

For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.

JPS

For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תַּ֣חַת שְׂ֭נוּאָה כִּ֣י תִבָּעֵ֑ל וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה כִּֽי־תִירַ֥שׁ גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
• Proverbs 27:15A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
• Proverbs 29:21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.
• Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
• Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

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