Proverbs 27:15

Modern

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

Traditional

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

Literal

A continual dripping in a day of rain, and a woman of quarrels are alike—

Latin

Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur.

Hebrew

English

A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

a contentious woman: Compare Proverbs 19:13; 21:9, 19; 25:24.

Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 25:24
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Job 14:19
…as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.