Proverbs 21:19
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Berean Study Bible
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than [with] a woman of contentions and anger.

King James Bible
[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Hebrew
Better
ט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

to live
שֶׁ֥בֶת (še·ḇeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the desert
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ (bə·’e·reṣ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

than with a contentious
מִדְיָנִ֣ים (miḏ·yā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4066: A contest, quarrel

and ill-tempered
וָכָֽעַס׃ (wā·ḵā·‘as)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3708: Vexation, anger

wife.
מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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