Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A woman of strength [is] the crown of her master, but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
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
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Ba`al
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved. 4 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. 5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:30
A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.
Habakkuk 3:16
Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.
1 Corinthians 11:7
For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
Proverbs 14:1
Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
Proverbs 19:13-14
A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
Proverbs 27:15-16
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
Proverbs 31:10-25
Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
1 Corinthians 11:11
But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.