Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

A woman of strength is a crown to her husband: and she causing shame, as rottenness in his bones.

New American Standard Bible

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.

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

A capable wife is her husband’s crown,
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חיל 
Chayil 
Usage: 243

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

is a crown
עטרה 
`atarah 
Usage: 23

בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

is as rottenness
רקב 
Raqab 
Usage: 5

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

3 A man shall not be prepared by injustice: and the root of the Just shall not be moved. 4 A woman of strength is a crown to her husband: and she causing shame, as rottenness in his bones. 5 The purposes of the just are judgment: the guidance of the unjust, deceit

Cross References

Proverbs 14:30

A heart of healing, the life of the flesh: and jealousy the rottenness of the bones.

Habakkuk 3:16

I heard and my belly will tremble; at the voice my lips quivered: rottenness will come into my bones, and I shall tremble under me that I shall rest at the day of straits: to come up to the people he will invade him.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For truly the man ought not to have the head covered, being the image and glory of God: and the woman is the glory of the man.

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman built her house but the foolish will pull it down with her hands.

Proverbs 19:13-14

A foolish son a calamity to his father: and the strifes of a woman a dropping thrust out

Proverbs 21:9

Good to dwell upon the corner of the roof rather than with a woman of strifes and a house of community.

Proverbs 21:19

Good to dwell in the land of the desert rather than with a woman of contentions and anger.

Proverbs 27:15-16

A dropping thrust forth in the day of rain and a woman of strifes were alike.

Proverbs 31:10-25

Who shall find a woman of virtue? for her price is far above pearls.

1 Corinthians 11:11

But neither the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

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