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Proverbs 21:19

NETBible	It is better to live¹ in a desert land² than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked³ woman.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 21:19	Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 21:19	It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 21:19	It is better to live alone in the desert than with a crabby, complaining wife.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 21:19	Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 21:19	It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 21:19	It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 21:19	Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.
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KJV	[It is] better <02896> to dwell <03427> (8800) in the wilderness <0776> <04057>_, than with a contentious <04079> (8675) <04066> and an angry <03708> woman <0802>_. {in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 21:19	It is better <02896> to live <03427> in a desert <04057> land <0776> Than <04480> with a contentious <04066> and vexing <03708> woman <0802> .
LXXM	kreisson <2908> A-NSN oikein <3611> V-PAN en <1722> PREP gh <1065> N-DSF erhmw <2048> N-DSF h <2228> CONJ meta <3326> PREP gunaikov <1135> N-GSF macimou {A-GSF} kai <2532> CONJ glwsswdouv {A-GSF} kai <2532> CONJ orgilou <3711> A-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	It is better <02896> to live <03427> in a desert <04057> land <0776> than with a quarrelsome <04066> and easily-provoked <03708> woman <0802> .
HEBREW	oekw <03708> *Mynydm {Mynwdm} <04066> tsam <0802> rbdm <04057> Urab <0776> tbs <03427> bwj (21:19) <02896>

NETBible

It is better to live¹ in a desert land² than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked³ woman.

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew form שֶׁבֶת (shevet) is the infinitive construct of יָשַׁב (yashav), functioning as the subject of the sentence.

²sn The verse makes the same point as 21:9 and 25:24; but “desert land” is substituted. It would be a place sparsely settled and quiet.

³tn The Hebrew noun כַּעַס (ka’as) means “vexation; anger.” The woman is not only characterized by a quarrelsome spirit, but also anger – she is easily vexed (cf. NAB “vexatious”; NASB “vexing”; ASV, NRSV “fretful”). The translation “easily-provoked” conveys this idea well.