Proverbs 30:23

The Words of Agur

22a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food, 23an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

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Berean Standard Bible
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
American Standard Version (1901)
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Bible in Basic English
A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.
Douay-Rheims 1899
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
Free Bible Version
an unbearable woman getting married, and a maidservant taking her mistress's place.
Geneva Bible 1599
For the hatefull woman, when she is married, and for a handmaid that is heire to her mistres.
King James (Authorized) Version
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
One Unity Resource Bible
for an unloved (wife) when her husband takes her (back); and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
Translation for Translators
what a woman who is hated does when she gets married, and what a female servant does when she becomes the boss instead of her mistress.
Unlocked Literal Bible
a hated woman when she marries; and a maid when she takes the place of her mistress.
Noah Webster Bible
For an odious woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
World English Bible
for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
Young's Literal Translation
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.