Proverbs 30:23

for an unloved woman when she is married; and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

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WEBBE

for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.

BSB

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

KJV

For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

ASV

For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

BBE

A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 21–23

Four sorts of persons are very troublesome. Men of low origin and base spirit, who, getting authority, become tyrants. Foolish and violent men indulging in excesses. A woman of a contentious spirit and vicious habits. A servant who has obtained undue influence. Let those whom Providence has advanced from low beginnings, carefully watch against that sin which most easily besets them.

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