Proverbs 30:23
“For an odious woman when shee is married, and an handmayd that is heire to her mistresse.”
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Proverbs 30:23 Context
21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for foure which it cannot beare: 22For a seruant when he reigneth, and a foole when hee is filled with meate: 23For an odious woman when shee is married, and an handmayd that is heire to her mistresse. 24There be foure things which are little vpon the earth; but they are exceeding wise: 25The Ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meate in the summer.
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Other Translations for Proverbs 30:23
For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- King James Version
Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
- Basic English Bible
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
- Darby Bible
For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- Webster's Bible
for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
- World English Bible
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 30:23
30:23 An odious - Proud, and perverse. Married - For then she displays all those ill humours, which before, she concealed. Is heir - Which great and sudden change transports her beside herself, and makes her insufferably proud and scornful.