Other translations
American Standard Version
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Better to stay in the land of the wilderness than to dwell with a contentious and angry woman.
Darby Bible Translation
It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
God's Word
Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
International Standard Version
It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman.
NET Bible
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.
New American Standard Bible
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
New International Version
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
New Living Translation
It's better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.
Webster's Bible Translation
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
The World English Bible
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
EasyEnglish Bible
It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who quarrels and complains.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.
New Life Version
It is better to live in a desert land than with a woman who argues and causes trouble.
The Voice Bible
You would be better off living in the middle of the desert than with an angry and argumentative wife.
Living Bible
Better to live in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining woman.
New Catholic Bible
It is better to live alone in the wilderness than with a nagging and irritable wife.
Legacy Standard Bible
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.
Jubilee Bible 2000
It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Christian Standard Bible
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
Amplified Bible © 1954
It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation.
New Century Version
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quarreling and complaining wife.
The Message
Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Better to live in an arid region than with a nagging, ill-tempered wife.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
Good News Translation®
Better to live out in the desert than with a nagging, complaining wife.
Wycliffe Bible
It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a woman full of chiding, and wrathful.
Contemporary English Version
It's better out in the desert than at home with a nagging, complaining wife.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
Common English Bible © 2011
Better to live in a wilderness than in a house with a contentious and angry woman.
Amplified Bible © 2015
It is better to dwell in a desert land Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
English Standard Version Anglicised
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome wife and trouble.
New American Standard Bible
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and irritating woman.
The Expanded Bible
It is better to live ·alone in the desert [in a desolate land] than with a ·quarreling [contentious] and ·complaining [angry] wife.
Tree of Life Version
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
Revised Standard Version
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.
New International Reader's Version
It is better to live in a desert than to live with a nagging wife who loves to argue.
BRG Bible
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Complete Jewish Bible
It is better to live in the desert than with a nagging, irritable wife.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha.
Names of God Bible
Better to live in a desert than with a quarreling and angry woman.
Modern English Version
It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quick-tempered wife who loves to argue.
International Children’s Bible
It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quarreling and complaining wife.
Lexham English Bible
Better to live in a land of wilderness than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.
New International Version - UK
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.