An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
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Sirach 26:7
A wicked woman is like a chafing yoke. He who takes hold of her is like one who grasps a scorpion.
Parallel Translations
An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that has hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
An euil wife is as a yoke of oxen that drawe diuerse waies: he that hathe her, is as thogh he helde a scorpion.