Proverbs 27:15
WEB
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
BSB
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
KJV
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H1812
n-m — dripping
Derivation: from 1811;
a dripping
KJV: dropping.
n.m — a dropping
דֶּ֫לֶף n.m. a dropping (of rain)
H2956
v — drive on, follow close
Derivation: a primitive root;
to drive on; figuratively, to follow close
KJV: continual.
vb — pursue
[טָרַד] vb. pursue, chase, be continuous
H3117
n-m — day
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be hot;
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV: age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger.
n.m — day
יוֹם 2285 n.m. day
1. day, opp. night
2. Day as division of time
3. יוֹם י׳ day of Yahweh, chiefly as time of his coming in judgment, involving often blessedness for righteous
4. Pl. days of anyone
5. Days
6. יוֹם = time
7. Phrases
H5464
n-m — pouring rain
Derivation: probably from 5462 in the sense of sweeping away;
a pouring rain
KJV: very rainy.
H802
n-f — woman
Derivation: feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as 582)
a woman
KJV: (adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
n.f — woman
אִשָּׁה 773 n.f. woman, wife, female
1. woman
2. Wife (woman belonging to a man, usually cstr. or sf.)
3. Female of animals
4. With distrib. & recipr. sense, each woman from her neighbor; each one
H4079
n-m — brawling
Derivation: a variation for 4066
KJV: brawling, contention(-ous).
n.m — strife
מָדוֹן n.m. strife, contention
1. strife, contention
2. object of contention
H7737
v — level, equalize, resemble, adjust
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
vb — be even
שָׁוָה vb. (be even, smooth, v. Pi., hence) agree with, be like, resemble
Qal it was not equalled to me, i.e. not requited
Pi. he hath levelled
Hiph. make like
Nithp. (appar.) are alike
vb — set
[שָׁוָה] vb. Pi. set, place
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Verses 15–16
Proverbs 27:15–16
Here, as before, Solomon laments the case of him that has a peevish passionate wife, that is continually chiding, and making herself and all about her uneasy. 1. It is a grievance that there is no avoiding, for it is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for the time, yet, while it lasts, one may take shelter; but the contentions of a wife are like a constant soaking rain, for which there is no remedy but patience See Pro 19:13. 2. It is a grievance that there is no concealing. A wise man would hide it if he could, for the sake both of his own and his wife's reputation, but he cannot, any more than he can conceal the noise of the wind when it blows or the smell of a strong perfume. Those that are froward and brawling will proclaim their own shame, even when their friends, in kindness to them, would cover it.
Cross-references: Prov 19:13