And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.
It will be counted a curse to him.
| << Proverbs 27:14 | Proverbs 27:16 >> |
American Standard Version
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
Amplified® Bible
A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike;
Contemporary English Version
The steady dripping of rain and the nagging of a wife are one and the same.
Darby English Version
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
Good News Bible
A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip on a rainy day.
King James Version
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
New American Standard Bible
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike;
New International Version
A quarrelsome wife is like
a constant dripping on a rainy day;
New King James Version
A continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
A contentious woman resembles constant dripping on a day of steady rain
Revised Standard Version
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;
Young's Literal Translation
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
| << Proverbs 27:14 | Proverbs 27:16 >> |
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