Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.
New American Standard Bible
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
and a nagging 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,
Themes
Contention » Contentious people
Contentious woman » Stir up strife
Evil » Women evil women » Stir up strife
Family » Parental prayers » Strife in
Strife » Causes of » In the family
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
14 A friend's loud blessing early in the morning will be thought of as a curse. 15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. 16 Trying to keep her in check is like stopping a wind storm or grabbing oil with your right hand.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13
A father's ruin is a foolish son, and a wife's quarreling is like dripping water that never stops.
Proverbs 21:9
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:19
It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.
Job 14:19
Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!
Proverbs 25:24
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.