Proverbs 30:23 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 30:23

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Odious woman - One in whom there is nothing loveable. Marriage, which to most women is the state in which they find scope for their highest qualities, becomes to her only a sphere in which to make herself and others miserable.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
שְׂ֭נוּאָה	Se.nu.'ah	a hated [woman]	H8130 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
תִבָּעֵ֑ל	ti.ba.'El	she will be married	H1166 →
וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה	ve.shif.Chah	and a female servant	H8198 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
תִירַ֥שׁ	ti.Rash	she will dispossess	H3423 →
גְּבִרְתָּֽהּ׃ פ	ge.vir.Tah	mistress her	H1404 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:9
  Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 55:6–7
  I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Through
Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:19
  Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 25:24
  Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 19:13
  A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 27:15–16
  A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- Proverbs 12:4
  A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
Through
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
leads to
- Proverbs 27:15
  A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Proverbs

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Proverbs