Proverbs 21:19

JPS-1917

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת (מדונים) [מִדְיָנִ֣ים] וָכָֽעַס׃

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

— Proverbs 21:19, JPS 1917

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Other Translations

MASORETIC

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִדְבָּ֑ר מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת (מדונים) [מִדְיָנִ֣ים] וָכָֽעַס׃

KOREN

It is better to live in the wilderness, than with a contentious and shrewish woman.