Proverbs 30:23 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
English ASV
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
English Amplified
An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
an unloved woman when she marries, and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
English EASY 2024
A woman that nobody loves who marries a husband. A female servant who takes the place of the woman that she has served.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
a woman whose husband hated her but still married her, and a servant girl who becomes ruler over the woman she serves.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
a hateful woman who gets married, and a servant woman who takes the place of her mistress.
English God's Word - GW 1995
a woman who is unloved when she gets married, a maid when she replaces her mistress.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
an unloved woman when she marries, and a serving girl when she ousts her lady.
English KJV 1611
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
English LSB
Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a servant‑girl when she supplants her mistress.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
a hateful woman when she is married, and a servant girl who displaces her mistress.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Under an odious woman when she is wed, and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
The third is a woman who is married but not loved by her husband. And the fourth is a woman servant who takes the place of the woman she works for.
English NIV
an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
English NKJ 1982
A hateful woman when she is married, And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
English NLT
a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
when an unfaithful woman marries a good man, and when a mistress replaces a faithful wife.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
A bitter woman when she finally marries. A servant girl who marries her mistress' husband.
English Tyndale 1537
thorow an idle housewife, and thorow an handmaiden that is heir to her mistress.