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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
    A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

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13 A foolish child[a] is a calamity to a father;
    a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:13 Hebrew son; also in 19:27.

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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It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

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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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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
    than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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19 It’s better to live alone in the desert
    than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

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

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24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

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24 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

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

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15 A continual dropping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind,
    or like grasping oil in his right hand.

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15 A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
    as constant dripping on a rainy day.
16 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind
    or trying to hold something with greased hands.

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15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(A)
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
    or grasping oil with the hand.

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