Proverbs 21:19
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- KJV
- It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- WEB
- It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- ASV
- It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- DARBY
- It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
- BLB
- Better to dwell in a land of wilderness than with a woman of quarrels and provocation.
- ÅB
- Bedre å bo i et øde land enn hos en arg og trettekjær kvinne.
- OTB
- Bedre å bo i en ørken enn med en kranglevoren og irritabel kvinne.
- B1930
- Bedre å bo i et øde land enn hos en arg og trettekjær kvinne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Read in contextPsalms 55:6–7
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Read in contextPsalms 120:5–6
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Read in contextJeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
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