Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions 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.
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:
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
Topics
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Yowm
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him. 15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, 16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13
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.
Job 14:19
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.