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


In Context

20 |So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

21 |For three things the earth tremble, and under four, it can't bear up:

22 For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;

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

24 |There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:

25 the ants are not a strong people, 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 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 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.