Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;

King James Version

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Holman Bible

An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.

International Standard Version

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

A Conservative Version

A continual dropping in a very rainy day, and a contentious woman are alike.

American Standard Version

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

Amplified


A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious (quarrelsome) woman are alike;

Bible in Basic English

Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

Darby Translation

A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.

Modern King James verseion

A never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A brawling woman and the roof of the house dropping in a rainy day, may well be compared together.

NET Bible

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.

New Heart English Bible

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

The Emphasized Bible

A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:

Webster

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

World English Bible

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

Youngs Literal Translation

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
טרד 
Tarad 
Usage: 2

דּלף 
Deleph 
Usage: 2

in a very rainy
סגריד 
Cagriyd 
Usage: 1

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

and a contentious
מדין 
Midyan 
Usage: 9

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

All About Life

14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
15 A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
16 He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Job 14:19

Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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