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23 a contemptible woman when she gets a husband
    and a maid when she supplants her mistress.

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23 a contemptible woman who gets married,
    and a servant who displaces her mistress.

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15 A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike;(A)

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15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(A)
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

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21 A slave pampered from childhood
    will come to a bad end.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29.21 Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

21 A servant pampered from youth
    will turn out to be insolent.

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19 It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a contentious and fretful wife.

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a contentious wife.(A)

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Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)

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13 A stupid child is ruin to a father,
    and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.(A)

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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