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Proverbs 21:19
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KJ21
It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
ASV
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
AMP
It is better to dwell in a desert land Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
AMPC
It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation.
BRG
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
CSB
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
CSBA
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
CEB
Better to live in a wilderness than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.
CJB
It is better to live in the desert than with a nagging, irritable wife.
CEV
It's better out in the desert than at home with a nagging, complaining wife.
DARBY
It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
DRA
It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
ERV
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quick-tempered wife who loves to argue.
EASY
It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who quarrels and complains.
EHV
Better to live in an arid region than with a nagging, ill-tempered wife.
ESV
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
ESVUK
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
EXB
It is better to live ·alone in the desert [in a desolate land] than with a ·quarreling [contentious] and ·complaining [angry] wife.
GNV
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.
GW
Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.
GNT
Better to live out in the desert than with a nagging, complaining wife.
HCSB
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
ICB
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quarreling and complaining wife.
ISV
It’s better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.
JUB
¶ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.
KJV
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
AKJV
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
LSB
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
LEB
Better to live in a land of wilderness than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.
TLB
Better to live in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining woman.
MSG
Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.
MEV
It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
NOG
Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.
NABRE
It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.
NASB
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and irritating woman.
NASB1995
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
NCB
It is better to live alone in the wilderness than with a nagging and irritable wife.
NCV
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quarreling and complaining wife.
NET
It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily provoked woman.
NIRV
It is better to live in a desert than to live with a nagging wife who loves to argue.
NIV
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
NIVUK
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
NKJV
Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.
NLV
It is better to live in a desert land than with a woman who argues and causes trouble.
NLT
It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
NRSVA
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
NRSVACE
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
NRSVCE
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
NRSVUE
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
OJB
It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha.
RGT
It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
RSV
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.
RSVCE
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.
TLV
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
VOICE
You would be better off living in the middle of the desert than with an angry and argumentative wife.
WEB
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
WYC
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.
YLT
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
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