NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon It is bettertowb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun to dwell yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in the wilderness 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. midbar (mid-bawr') a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness. than with a contentious midyan (mid-yawn') brawling, contention(-ous). madown (maw-dohn') a contest or quarrel -- brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. and an angry ka`ac (kah'-as) vexation -- anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, sore, sorrow, spite, wrath. woman 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman. King James Bible It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Holman Christian Standard Bible Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife. International Standard Version It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman. NET Bible It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Better to stay in the land of the wilderness than to dwell with a contentious and angry woman. GOD'S WORD® Translation Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman. King James 2000 Bible It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman. Links Proverbs 21:19Proverbs 21:19 NIV Proverbs 21:19 NLT Proverbs 21:19 ESV Proverbs 21:19 NASB Proverbs 21:19 KJV |
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