Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
New American Standard Bible
But she who shames him is like
King James Version
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Holman Bible
but a wife who causes shame
is like rottenness in his bones.
International Standard Version
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but a wife who puts him to shame is like bone cancer.
A Conservative Version
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
American Standard Version
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Amplified
A virtuous and excellent wife [worthy of honor] is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him [with her foolishness] is like rottenness in his bones.
Bible in Basic English
A 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.
Darby Translation
A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Julia Smith Translation
A woman of strength is a crown to her husband: and she causing shame, as rottenness in his bones.
King James 2000
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.
Modern King James verseion
A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.
NET Bible
A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
New Heart English Bible
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
The Emphasized Bible
A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
Webster
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
World English Bible
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
Youngs Literal Translation
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.
Themes
Virtues » Of women » Wisdom and virtue
Wise » Choice, examples of » Women
Wives » Good » Are a blessing to husbands
Women » For love of sympathy of » As wives
Topics
Interlinear
Chayil
Ba`al
Buwsh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved. 4 A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:30
A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.
Habakkuk 3:16
I hear and my stomach shakes; my lips quiver at the sound; infection enters my bones; that which [is] beneath me trembles; I wait quietly for the day of trouble to come upon the people attacking us.
1 Corinthians 11:7
For indeed a man ought not to cover his head, [because he] is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.
Proverbs 14:1
The {wisest of women} builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
Proverbs 19:13-14
A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.
Proverbs 21:9
Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than [to] share a house with a woman of contention.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in a land of wilderness than [with] a wife of quarrels and provocation.
Proverbs 27:15-16
Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.
Proverbs 31:10-25
A woman of excellence, who will find? For her worth [is] far more than precious jewels.
1 Corinthians 11:11
Nevertheless, neither [is] woman [anything] apart from man, nor [is] man [anything] apart from woman in the Lord.