Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
KJV
Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur.
Vulgate
σταγόνες ἐκβάλλουσιν ἄνθρωπον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ χειμερινῇ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου· ὡσαύτως καὶ γυνὴ λοίδορος ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου.
LXX
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
ASV
דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּ/י֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דֶ֥לֶף
dlp
noun · 2×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
טֹ֝רֵ֗ד
trd
verb · 2×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
mdynym
noun · 9×
מָד֑וֹן
mdvn
noun · 17×
סַגְרִ֑יר
sgryr
noun · 1×
שֹׁוֶ֖ה
shvh
verb · 21×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Prov 12:4 — A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- 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 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- 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 25:24 — It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- Prov 30:23 — For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.