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


In Context

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

21 By three things the earth is disturbed, and the fourth it cannot bear:

22 By a slave when he reigneth: by a fool when he is filled with meat:

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

24 There are four very little things of the earth, and they are wiser than the wise:

25 The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:23under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she 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.