Proverbs 12:4
What does Proverbs 12:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 12:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is as rottenness in his bones.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
- Proverbs 31:10
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
- 1 Corinthians 11:7
For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
- Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- 1 Corinthians 11:11
Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.
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