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the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Interlinear Study Bible

Hebrew Language ⇌

Proverbs 21:19

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02896
ṭō·wḇ,
ט֗וֹב
[It is] better
Adjective
03427
še·ḇeṯ
שֶׁ֥בֶת
to dwell
Verb
0776
bə·’e·reṣ-
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־
in a land
Noun
04057
miḏ·bār;
מִדְבָּ֑ר
wilderness
Noun
0802
mê·’ê·šeṯ
מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת
women
Noun
[mə·ḏō·w·nîm
[מְדֹונִים
 - 
 
ḵ]
כ]
 - 
 
04066
(miḏ·yā·nîm
(מִדְיָנִ֣ים
with a contentious
Noun
q)
ק)
 - 
 
03708
wā·ḵā·‘as.
וָכָֽעַס׃
and an angry
Noun

 

Aleppo Codex
טוב שבת בארץ־מדבר־ מאשת מדונים וכעס
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
טֹ֗וב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס׃
Masoretic Text (1524)
טוב שׁבת בארץ מדבר מאשׁת מדונים וכעס
Westminster Leningrad Codex
טֹ֗וב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס׃
Greek Septuagint
κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν γῇ ἐρήμῳ ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς μαχίμου καὶ γλωσσώδους καὶ ὀργίλου.
Berean Study Bible
Better to live in the desert ... than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
English Standard Version
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman
Holman Christian Standard Version
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
King James Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness *, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Lexham English Bible
Better to live in a land of wilderness than with
New American Standard Version
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
World English Bible
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
 
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