15Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.


In Context

12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.

15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Proverbs 27:15 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:15A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.