Proverbs 21 · Verse 19

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Proverbs 21:19, King James Version

Proverbs 21:19 in other translations

BSB	Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
WEB	It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
ASV	It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
YLT	Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than with a woman of contentions and anger.
DARBY	It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
BBE	It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
Webster	It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

19. (Compare Pr 21:9). wilderness--pasture, though uninhabitable ground (Psa 65:12).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

Unbridled passions spoil the comfort of all relations.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ט֗וֹבTov[is] goodH2896

שֶׁ֥בֶתShe.vetto dwellH3427

בְּאֶֽרֶץ\־be.'e.retz-in a land ofH776

מִדְבָּ֑רmid.BarwildernessH4057

מֵאֵ֖שֶׁתme.'E.shetmore than a woman ofH802

מִדְיָנִ֣יםme.do.nimcontentionsH4079

וָכָֽעַס\׃va.Kha.'asand angerH3708

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Psalms 55:6-7
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Psalms 120:5-6
Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

better.
9; Ps 55:6,7; 120:5,6; Jer 9:2
wilderness. Heb. land of the desert.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 21:18
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Mejor es morar en tierra del desierto, que con la mujer rencillosa é iracunda.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Mieux vaut habiter dans une terre déserte, qu’avec une femme querelleuse et irritable.
German Elberfelder 1871	Besser ist es, in einem wüsten Lande zu wohnen, als ein zänkisches Weib und Ärger.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Melius est habitare in terra deserta quam cum muliere rixosa et iracunda.