Proverbs 21:19

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

17Anyone who loves only pleasure will become poor. People who love wine and big feasts will never become rich. 18When trouble comes, wicked people receive the pain instead of righteous people. It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who quarrels and complains. 20Wise people store valuable things and good food in their houses. But foolish people waste everything immediately. 21If you are kind and faithful, you will live a long life! Other people will respect you and they will be kind to you.

Proverbs 21:19 word by word

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת מִדְיָנִ֣ים וָכָֽעַס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• betterטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• to dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• in the wildernessאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• than with a contentiousמָדוֹןmâdôn · strifeH4066
• than with a contentiousמִדְיָןmidyân · contentionH4079
• and an angryכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:19

• Proverbs 21:9It is better to live on the roof of your house than to live with a wife who always argues.
• Psalms 55:6So I say, ‘If I had wings to fly like a dove, I would fly away to a safe place.
• Psalms 120:5I am so sad! I live in Meshek as a stranger. I live among the people of Kedar.
• Jeremiah 9:2I would like to live in a hut in the desert. Then I could leave my people. I could forget about them. They have all turned away from God. They have not been faithful to him. They are a crowd of people that nobody can trust.’

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

Topics related to Proverbs 21:19

• Family
• Marriage
• Strife
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Mind
• Ponder
• Toss
• Fret, Fretting
• Proverb
• Proverbs, the Book of

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