23under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.


In Context

20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

21 Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:

22 Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;

23 under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.

24 There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:

25 The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

Proverbs 30:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:23For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:23an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:23By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:23For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:23for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:23For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.