Verse List for PROV 21:19

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B I ◄ ← Prov 21:19 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) It’s better to live in a wilderness region, ⇔ than with a wife who’s argumentative and negative.

OET-LV is_good to _dwell in_land _of wilderness more_than _a _woman _of contentions[fn] and_anger.

ULT Better to dwell in a land of wilderness ⇔ than, with a woman of quarrels and vexation.

UST It is better to live alone in a desolate land ⇔  than to live with an argumentative and nagging wife.

BSB & MSB Better to live in the desert ⇔  than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB It is better to dwell in a desert land, ⇔  than with a contentious and fretful woman.

NET It is better to live in a desert land ⇔ than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

LSV Better to dwell in a wilderness land,
Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.

FBV It's better to live in a desert than with an argumentative and bad-tempered wife.

T4T ⇔  It is better to live alone in a desert ⇔  than to live with a wife who is always nagging and complaining.

LEB • Better to live in a land of wilderness
• than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

BBE It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

Moff Better live in a lonely desert ⇔  than beside a nagging, quarrelsome woman.

JPS It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

ASV It is better to dwell in a desert land, ⇔ Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

DRA It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.

YLT Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.

Drby It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.

RV It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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

Wbstr It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

KJB-1769 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and an angry woman.
(It is better to dwell in the wilderness, then with a contentious and an angry woman.)

Bshps It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse, then with a chydyng and an angrye woman.
(It is better to dwell in the wilderness, then with a chyding and an angrye woman.)

Gnva It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.
(It is better to dwell in the wilderness, then with a contentious and angry woman.)

Cvdl It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.
(It is better to dwell in a wilderness, the with a chydinge and an angry woman.)

Wycl It is betere to dwelle in a desert lond, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and wrathful.
(It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.)

Luth Es ist besser wohnen im wüsten Lande denn, bei einem zänkischen und zornigen Weibe.
(It is better live/reside in_the deserts land because/than, at/in on quarrelsome and angry woman.)

ClVg Melius est habitare in terra deserta quam cum muliere rixosa et iracunda.
(Better it_is to_live in/into/on earth/land deserted how when/with woman rixosa and angry.)

UHB ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּ⁠אֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵ⁠אֵ֖שֶׁת מדונים [fn] וָ⁠כָֽעַס׃ ‡

BrLXX Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς μαχίμου καὶ γλωσσώδους καὶ καὶ ὀργίλου.

BrTr It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.