Proverbs 21:19

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Proverbs 21:19


← Proverbs 21:18 Proverbs 21:19 (KJV) Proverbs 21:20 →
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

It is betterH2896 to dwellH3427 in the wildernessH776 H4057, than with a contentiousH4079 H4066 and an angryH3708 womanH802.


Original Hebrew

טֹוב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ־מִדְבָּר מֵאֵשֶׁת [מְדֹונִים כ] (מִדְיָנִים ק) וָכָעַס׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
ט֗וֹב
Tov H2896 HAamsa (is) good
שֶׁ֥בֶת
She.vet H3427 HVqc to dwell
בְּ/אֶֽרֶץ
be./'e.retz- H776 HR/Ncbsc in/ a land of
מִדְבָּ֑ר
mid.Bar H4057 HNcmsa wilderness
מֵ/אֵ֖שֶׁת
me./'E.shet H802 HR/Ncfsc more than/ a woman of
[מדונים כ] (מִדְיָנִ֣ים ק)
[mâdôwn כ] (me.do.nim ק) H4066 כ H4079 ק HNcmpa (contentions ק)
וָ/כָֽעַס
va./Kha.'as H3708 HC/Ncmsa and/ anger
Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).
Strong's References
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  • H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב (ṭôwb) H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
  • H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  • H3708 — כַּעַס (kaʻaç, kah'-as): or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ (kaʻas); from כַּעַס (kaʻaç) H3707; vexation; anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
  • H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר (dâbar) H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
  • H4066 — מָדוֹן (mâdôwn, maw-dohn'): from דִּין (dîyn) H1777; a contest or quarrel; brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare מִדְיָן (midyân) H4079, מְדָן (mᵉdân) H4090.
  • H4079 — מִדְיָן (midyân, mid-yawn'): a variation for מָדוֹן (mâdôwn) H4066; a contest or quarrel; brawling, contention(-ous).
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