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Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
King James Version

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