Proverbs 27:15
What does Proverbs 27:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 27:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
KJV
King James Version · 1611A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Context
Cross references
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.
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