Proverbs 27:15 (YLT)

Passage

A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

Nearby Context

Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

Proverbs 27:14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

Proverbs 27:15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

Proverbs 27:16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

Proverbs 27:17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "continual", "dropping", "rain", "woman", "contentions", and "alike". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "continual" and "dropping", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Whoso is saluting his friend with a..." into verse 16's "Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the...", so "continual" and "dropping" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "continual" and "dropping" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.