(NIV)
Casting the lot settles disputes
and keeps strong opponents apart.
The
lot puts an
end to
quarrels and
decides between powerful contenders.
(NIV)
A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city;
disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.
A
brother offended is more unyielding
than a
strong city,
and
quarreling is like the
bars of a
castle.
(NIV)
A foolish child is a father’s ruin,
and a quarrelsome wife is like
the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
A
foolish son is
ruin to his
father,
and a
wife’s quarreling is a
continual dripping of
rain.
(NIV)
Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
It is
better to
live in a
corner of the
housetop than in a
house shared with a
quarrelsome wife.
(NIV)
Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
It is
better to
live in a
desert land than with a
quarrelsome and
fretful woman.
(NIV)
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who has
woe?
Who has
sorrow?
Who has
strife?
Who has
complaining?
Who has
wounds without cause?
Who has
redness of
eyes?
(NIV)
Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
It is
better to
live in a
corner of the
housetop than in a
house shared with a
quarrelsome wife.
(NIV)
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As
charcoal to
hot embers and
wood to
fire,
so is a
quarrelsome man for
kindling strife.
(NIV)
A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
A
continual dripping on a
rainy day and a
quarrelsome wife are
alike;
(NIV)
and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
and
constant friction among
people who are
depraved in
mind and deprived of the
truth,
imagining that
godliness is a means of
gain.
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