4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.


In Context

1 Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.

2 The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

3 A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are justice, The counsels of the wicked — deceit.

6 The words of the wicked are: 'Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

Proverbs 12:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.