English Standard Version
Proverbs 27:15
15A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
Proverbs 27:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- New International Version (NIV)A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
- New King James Version (NKJV)A continual dripping on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;
- New Living Translation (NLT)A quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Context of Proverbs 27:15
13Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. 14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; 16to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand. 17Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
Read all of Proverbs 27Proverbs 27:15 word by word
דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- A continualטָרַדţârad · to pursueH2956
- droppingדֶּ֫לֶףdeleph · drippingH1812
- in a very rainyסַגְרִירsagrîyd · rainH5464
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- and a contentiousמָדוֹןmâdôn · strifeH4066
- and a contentiousמִדְיָןmidyân · contentionH4079
- womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- are alikeשָׁוָהshâvâh · be likeH7737
Cross-references for Proverbs 27:15
- Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
- Proverbs 21:9It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:24It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
- Job 14:19the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man.
Commentaries on Proverbs 27:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15A continual dropping - See Proverbs 19:13.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Continual dropping - Here, as in the marginal reference, the flat, earthen roof of Eastern houses, always liable to cracks and leakage, supplies the groundwork of the similitude.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-16Verses 15-16 The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for a time; the contentions of a wife are like constant rain.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15a contentious woman: Compare Proverbs 19:13; 21:9, 19; 25:24.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. (Compare Pr 19:13). very ... day--literally, "a day of showers."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 27
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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