Proverbs 27:15

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

American King James Version (AKJV)

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

American Standard Version (ASV)

A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.

Webster's Revision

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

World English Bible

A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:

English Revised Version (ERV)

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:

Definitions for Proverbs 27:15

Contentious - Loving quarrel; fond of strife.

Clarke's Proverbs 27:15 Bible Commentary

A continual dropping - See Proverbs 19:13.

Barnes's Proverbs 27:15 Bible Commentary

Continual dropping - Here, as in the marginal reference, the flat, earthen roof of Eastern houses, always liable to cracks and leakage, supplies the groundwork of the similitude.