Proverbs 27:15
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- KJV
- A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- WEB
- A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
- ASV
- A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
- DARBY
- A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
- BLB
- A continual dripping in a day of rain, and a woman of quarrels are alike—
- ÅB
- Et stadig takdrypp på en regndag og en trettekjær kvinne ligner hverandre.
- OTB
- En stadig drypping på en regnværsdag er som en kranglete kone.
- B1930
- Et stadig takdrypp på en regndag og en trettekjær kvinne ligner hverandre.
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 contextProverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Read in contextProverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Read in contextProverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Read in contextJob 14:19
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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