Proverbs
King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 30:23
“For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.”
King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 30:23 Context
20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; 23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. 24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: 25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; 26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
"For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress." Proverbs 30:23 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Proverbs 30:23
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Other Translations for Proverbs 30:23
Bible Commentary for Proverbs 30:23
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 30:23
30:23 An odious - Proud, and perverse. Married - For then she displays all those ill humours, which before, she concealed. Is heir - Which great and sudden change transports her beside herself, and makes her insufferably proud and scornful.
For an odious woman when shee is married, and an handmayd that is heire to her mistresse.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
- Basic English Bible
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
- Darby Bible
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- English Revised Version
for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
- World English Bible