Proverbs 21:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

KJV

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.a brawling…: Heb. a woman of contentionsa wide…: Heb. an house of society

WEB

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

ASV

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

LSV

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, || Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.

YLT

Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.

DBY

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

DRC

It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.

GNV

It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.

JPS

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.

LXXE

It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.Gr. in the open air.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ט֗וֹב לָשֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃

LXX-Br

Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου, ἢ ἐν κεκονιαμένοις μετὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ κοινῷ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
• Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
• Proverbs 27:15–16A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike— restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
• Proverbs 25:24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
• Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
• Proverbs 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
• Proverbs 15:17Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

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