Proverbs 30:23

“For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Proverbs 30:23

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

under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
- Darby Bible

For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- Webster's Bible

for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
- World English Bible

For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
- Youngs Literal Bible

For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

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.


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