Proverbs 21:19

Proverbs chapter 21 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

King James Version · 1611

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

American Standard Version · 1901

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

v.18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright.

v.19This passage

v.20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 120:5
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Psalms 55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Jeremiah 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 are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.