Proverbs 27:15

Proverbs chapter 27 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

King James Version · 1611

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

American Standard Version · 1901

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

v.14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

v.15This passage

v.16He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil.

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

Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.