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Proverbs 30:23

Proverbs 30:23
For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

For an odious woman, when she is married,.... Odious for her person, her ugliness, and the deformity of her body; or…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Odious woman - One in whom there is nothing loveable. Marriage, which to most women is the state in which they find…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 30:18-23

Here is, I. An account of four things that are unsearchable, too wonderful to be fully known. And here,

1. The first…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

odious Lit. hated, as in Deu 21:15; Isa 60:15. Her disposition is such as always to secure for her aversion and…

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