Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Une gouttière continue dans un jour de pluie Et une femme querelleuse sont choses semblables.
KJV
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
KJV
Hebrew original
דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּ/י֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְ/אֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)
riplex enim, ut ait Sapiens, incommodum ejicit de domo inhabitantem, fumus, stillicidium, mala uxor (Prov. XXVII, 15) . Quando vero haec deerunt negligenti? Propria quippe qui negligit, fumum non abigit, uxorem non corrigit, tectum non reficit. Fumant peccata, nullo misericordiae…
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