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Proverbs 21:19

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

KJV

Melius est habitare in terra deserta quam cum muliere rixosa et iracunda.

Vulgate

κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς γλωσσώδους καὶ μαχίμου καὶ ὀργίλου.

LXX

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

ASV

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵ/אֵ֖שֶׁת מדונים מִדְיָנִ֣ים וָ/כָֽעַס

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כַּ֣עַס
k's
noun · 25×
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
mdynym
noun · 9×
מָד֑וֹן
mdvn
noun · 17×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Prov 9:13 — A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
  • Prov 12:4 — A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
  • Prov 15:17 — Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
  • Prov 17:1 — Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
  • Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  • Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 25:24 — It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
  • Prov 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
  • Prov 30:23 — For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
  • Ps 55:6 — And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
  • Ps 120:5 — Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!