God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 30:23
23a woman who is unloved when she gets married, a maid when she replaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- New International Version (NIV)a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.
- English Standard Version (ESV)an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A hateful woman when she is married, And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
Context of Proverbs 30:23
21Three things cause the earth to tremble, even four it cannot bear up under: 22a slave when he becomes king, a godless fool when he is filled with food, a woman who is unloved when she gets married, a maid when she replaces her mistress. 24Four things on earth are small, yet they are very wise: 25Ants are not a strong species, yet they store their food in summer.
Read all of Proverbs 30Proverbs 30:23 word by word
תַּ֣חַת שְׂ֭נוּאָה כִּ֣י תִבָּעֵ֑ל וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה כִּֽי־תִירַ֥שׁ גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 30:23
- Proverbs 19:13A foolish son ruins his father, and a quarreling woman is like constantly dripping water.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman.
- Proverbs 27:15Constantly dripping water on a rainy day is like a quarreling woman.
- Proverbs 29:21Pamper a slave from childhood, and later he will be ungrateful.
Commentaries on Proverbs 30:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Odious woman - One in whom there is nothing loveable. Marriage, which to most women is the state in which they find scope for their highest qualities, becomes to her only a sphere in which to make herself and others miserable.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-23Verses 21-23 Four sorts of persons are very troublesome. Men of low origin and base spirit, who, getting authority, become tyrants. Foolish and violent men indulging in excesses. A woman of a contentious spirit and vicious habits. A servant who has obtained undue influence. Let those whom Providence has advanced from low beginnings, carefully watch against that sin which most easily besets them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23This proverb lists four things that make the earth tremble because they disrupt the natural order. who is filled with food: In the ancient Near East, as in many non-industrialized parts of the world today, having enough food was a sign of prosperity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2321-23. Pride and cruelty, the undue exaltation of those unfit to hold power, produce those vices which disquiet society (compare Pr 19:10; 28:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 30
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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