Proverbs 30:23
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
KJV
per odiosam mulierem, cum in matrimonio fuerit assumpta ; et per ancillam, cum fuerit hæres dominæ suæ.
Vulgate
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
ASV
תַּ֣חַת שְׂ֭נוּאָה כִּ֣י תִבָּעֵ֑ל וְ֝/שִׁפְחָ֗ה כִּֽי תִירַ֥שׁ גְּבִרְתָּֽ/הּ
Hebrew
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הּ
h
verb · 16×
הּ
h
noun · 9×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
ו
v
noun · 505×
י
y
verb · 148×
ךָ
k
noun · 63×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 16:4 — And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- 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 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- Prov 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- Prov 29:21 — He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.