Proverbs 27 · Verse 15

Proverbs 27:15

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs 27:15, King James Version

Proverbs 27:15 in other translations

BSBA constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
WEBA continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
ASVA continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
YLTA continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
DARBYA continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
BBELike an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
WebsterA continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

What does Proverbs 27:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. (Compare Pr 19:13). very ... day--literally, "a day of showers."

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 A continual dropping - See Pro 19:13.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 27:15-16
The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for a time; the contentions of a wife are like constant rain.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 27:15 in the original Hebrew

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.

דֶּ֣לֶףDe.lefa drippingH1812
ט֭וֹרֵדTo.redcontinuousH2956
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon a day ofH3117
סַגְרִ֑ירsag.Rirpersistent rainH5464
וְאֵ֥שֶׁתve.'E.shetand a wife ofH802
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗יםmi.do.nimcontentionsH4079
נִשְׁתָּוָֽה\׃nish.ta.Vahshe is likeH7737

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

Cross references for Proverbs 27:15

  • Proverbs 21:9

    It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Proverbs 19:13

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  • Proverbs 21:19

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

  • Proverbs 25:24

    It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

  • Job 14:19

    The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A continual.
19:13; 21:9,19; 25:24; Job 14:19

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

Context

  • Proverbs 27:14

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

  • Proverbs 27:15

    A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

  • Proverbs 27:16

    Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

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Proverbs 27:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Gotera continua en tiempo de lluvia, y la mujer rencillosa, son semejantes:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Une gouttière continuelle en un jour de pluie, et une femme querelleuse, cela se ressemble.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Eine beständige Traufe am Tage des strömenden Regens und ein zänkisches Weib gleichen sich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur.