Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing 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.
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.
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 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved. 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked -- deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:30
A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.
Habakkuk 3:16
I have heard, and my belly trembleth, At the noise have my lips quivered, Rottenness doth come into my bones, And in my place I do tremble, That I rest for a day of distress, At the coming up of the people, he overcometh it.
1 Corinthians 11:7
for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
Proverbs 19:13-14
A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 21:9
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.
Proverbs 27:15-16
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
Proverbs 31:10-25
A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price.
1 Corinthians 11:11
but neither is a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,