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


In Context

20 "This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'

21 "Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,

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

24 "Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up 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 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 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.