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Proverbs 30:23
For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 30:23 in other translations
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
for an unloved woman when she is married, and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
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In context
20 So--the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'
21 For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four--it is not able to bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,
23 For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.
24 Four are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,
26 Conies are a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,
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