Proverbs 21:19
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- 61 The Hebrew form שֶׁבֶת (shevet) is the infinitive construct of יָשַׁב (yashav), functioning as the subject of the sentence.
- 62 The verse makes the same point as 21:9 and 25:24; but “desert land” is substituted. It would be a place sparsely settled and quiet.
- 63 The Hebrew noun כַּעַס (ka’as) means “vexation; anger.” The woman is not only characterized by a quarrelsome spirit, but also anger—she is easily vexed (cf. “vexatious”; “vexing”; , “fretful”). The translation “easily-provoked” conveys this idea well.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
It is better to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Better to live in a wilderness
than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
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NLTNew Living Translation
It’s better to live alone in the desert
than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Better to live in a land of wilderness
than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.
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KJV 1900King James Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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