American Standard Version
Proverbs 21:19
19It is better to dwell in a desert land,Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Proverbs 21:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- New International Version (NIV)Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.
Context of Proverbs 21:19
17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherouscomethin the stead of the upright. It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman. 20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up. 21He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:19 word by word
ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת מִדְיָנִ֣ים וָכָֽעַס׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:19
- Proverbs 21:9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
- Psalms 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Psalms 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
- Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:19
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19Verse 19 Unbridled passions spoil the comfort of all relations.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Better to live in the desert: Compare Proverbs 21:9; 25:24.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. (Compare Pr 21:9). wilderness--pasture, though uninhabitable ground (Psa 65:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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