Proverbs 21:19

American Standard Version (1901)

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

ASV Byzantine Text

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Asang Khongca Bible

Angzoeh koeh moe, poeksae zu hoi nawnto oh pongah loe, praezaek ah oh to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hohmuhnah, konoinah neh yuu taengah olpungkacan la om lakah tah, khosoek khohmuen ah khosak he then ngai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hohmuhnah, konoinah neh yuu taengah olpungkacan la om lakah tah, khosoek khohmuen ah khosak he then ngai.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E aho ka noho noho ana ma ka waoakua. Aole me ka wahine huhu a me ka hakaka.

English Berean Standard Bible

Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pito ou viv pou kont ou nan yon dezè pase pou ou viv nan kay ak yon fanm ki tout tan ap chache kont, ki tout tan ap plenyen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melius est habitare in terra deserta quam cum muliere rixosa et iracunda.

Bible in Basic English

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mieux vaut habiter dans une terre déserte, qu’avec une femme querelleuse et irritable.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lépe jest bydliti v zemi pusté než s ženou svárlivou a zlostnou.

Kosraean Bible

Wo in muta yen mwesis liki in muta yurin sie mutan su lungse torkaskas.

World Portuguese Bible

Melhor é morar numa terra deserta, do que com uma mulher briguenta e irritadiça.

Romanian BTF Bible

Mai bine este să locuiești în pustie, decât cu o femeie certăreață și mânioasă.

Brenton English Septuagint

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

Burmese Common Language Bible

စိတ်တို၍ရန်တွေ့တတ်သောမိန်းမနှင့် နေသည် ထက်၊ တောလွင်ပြင်၌ နေသော်သာ၍ကောင်း၏။

Darby Translation

It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Besser ist es, in einem wüsten Lande zu wohnen, als ein zänkisches Weib und Ärger.

Dutch Bible 1917

Het is beter te wonen in een woest land, dan bij een zeer kijfachtige en toornige huisvrouw.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Beter in een woestijn te wonen, Dan bij een snibbige en humeurige vrouw.

Italian Diodati Bible

Meglio è abitare in terra deserta, Che con una moglie rissosa e stizzosa .

Douay-Rheims 1899

It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is better to dwell in the wildernesse, then with a contentious and angry woman.

Noyes Bible

It is better to dwell in a desert land Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Danish Bible 1931

Hellere bo i et Ørkenland end hos en trættekær, arrig Kvinde.

Leeser Tanakh

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

King James Version

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

King James Version + Apocrypha

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Thà ở nơi vắng vẻ, Hơn là ở với một người đàn bà hay tranh cạnh và nóng giận.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku lelei hake ʻae nofo ʻi he toafa, ʻi he nonofo mo ha fefine faʻa kē mo faʻa ʻita.

French Ostervald Bible

Mieux vaut habiter dans une terre déserte, qu'avec une femme querelleuse et chagrine.

Esperanto Bible

Pli bone estas loĝi en lando dezerta, Ol kun malpacema kaj kolerema edzino.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mieux vaut habiter dans une terre déserte, Qu’avec une femme querelleuse et irritable.

German Luther Bible 1912

Es ist besser, wohnen im wüsten Lande denn bei einem zänkischen und zornigen Weibe.

LXX2012 U. S. English

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

British English Septuagint 2012

It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

Majority Standard BIble

Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

Webster Bible

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Revised Version

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Meglio abitare in un deserto, che con una donna rissosa e stizzosa.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mieux vaut habiter dans une terre déserte, qu'avec une femme querelleuse et irritable.

Reina Valera 1909

Mejor es morar en tierra del desierto, que con la mujer rencillosa é iracunda.

Spanish BLL

Es mejor vivir en el desierto que con una mujer peleonera y enojona.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Mejor es morar en tierra desierta que con mujer rencillosa e iracunda.

Croatian Bible

Bolje je živjeti u pustinji nego sa ženom svadljivom i gnjevljivom.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bolje je živeti u zemlji pustoj nego sa ženom svadljivom i gnevljivom.

German Textbibel

Lieber in wüstem Lande wohnen, als ein zänkisches Weib und Ärger dabei.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

It is better to dwell in a wilderness Than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס׃

World English Bible

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World English Bible (Catholic)

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World English Bible British Edition

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World English Bible Classic

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World English Bible Updated

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World Messianic Bible

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Young's Literal Translation

Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.

SEPTUAGINTA

κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν γῇ ἐρήμῳ ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς μαχίμου καὶ γλωσσώδους καὶ ὀργίλου.

Brenton Septuagint

Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς μαχίμου καὶ γλωσσώδους καὶ καὶ ὀργίλου.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Май бине сэ локуешть ынтр-ун пэмынт пустиу декыт ку о невастэ гылчевитоаре ши супэрэчоасэ.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

В пустинї одиноко відраднїйще жити, нїж із сварливою жоною й сердитою.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

В пустинї одиноко відраднїйще жити, нїж із сварливою жоною й сердитою.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Боље је живети у земљи пустој него са женом свадљивом и гневљивом.

Russian Synodal Bible

Лучше жить в земле пустынной, нежели с женою сварливою и сердитою.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

טֹ֗וב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת *מְדֹונִים (מִדְיָנִ֣ים) וָכָֽעַס׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

טוב שבת בארץ מדבר מאשת מדונים וכעס׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلسُّكْنَى فِي أَرْضٍ بَرِّيَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مُخَاصِمَةٍ حَرِدَةٍ.

Old Persion Version Bible

در زمین بایر ساکن بودن بهتر است از بودن با زن ستیزه گر و جنگجوی.

Judson Burmese Bible

စိတ်တို ၍ ရန်တွေ့ တတ်သောမိန်းမ နှင့် နေ သည်ထက် ၊ တော လွင်ပြင် ၌ နေသော်သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

다투며 성내는 여인과 함께 사는 것보다 광야에서 혼자 사는 것이 나으니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

争い好きで怒りっぽい女と暮らすより、 荒野の地に住むほうが良い。

World Chinese Bible

住在旷野之地， 胜过与好争吵、易恼怒的女人同住。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

宁可住在旷野， 不与争吵使气的妇人同住。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

寧可住在曠野， 不與爭吵使氣的婦人同住。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

É melhor morar em terra deserta do que com uma mulher briguenta e que se irrita facilmente.

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Mashi Bible

Abà wankabêra nyumpa nguma n’omukazi w’embaka oyôrha arhûnzize, wankacîbêrera omu cihugo cirhabâmwo ndi.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Besser ist's in der Wüste zu wohnen, als bei einem zänkischen und ärgerlichen Weib.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Es mejor vivir en él desierto, que con una mujer de lengua amargada y enojada.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Más vale habitar en tierra desierta, Que con mujer rencillosa e iracunda.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha.

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