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.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

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

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

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.

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

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.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

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.

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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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

اَلسُّكْنَى فِي أَرْضٍ بَرِّيَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مُخَاصِمَةٍ حَرِدَةٍ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

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

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

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

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

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

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

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

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。

World Chinese Bible ☆

住在旷野之地， 胜过与好争吵、易恼怒的女人同住。

Croatian Bible ☆

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

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

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

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

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

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.

Esperanto Bible ☆

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

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

French Ostervald Bible ☆

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

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

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

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

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

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

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

German Textbibel ☆

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

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

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

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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.

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.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

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

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

טוב שבת בארץ מדבר מאשת מדונים וכעס׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

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

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

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

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。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

다투며 성내는 여인과 함께 사는 것보다 광야에서 혼자 사는 것이 나으니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

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

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

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

World Portuguese Bible ☆

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

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

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

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

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

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

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

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

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

Mashi Bible ☆

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

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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.

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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Revised West Version ☆

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

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

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

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת מדונים וָכָֽעַס׃