More Proverbs of Solomon
Proverbs 25:24
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 the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- 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 a roof, || Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
- YLT
- Better to sit on a corner of a 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 woman, 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 on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): מְדוֹנִים (“contentions”). Read aloud (Qere): מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (“contentions”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads מִ֝דְוָנִ֗ים; read aloud (Qere) reads מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (“contentions”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃Read aloud as (qere): מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
- LXX-Br
- Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας δώματος, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς λοιδόρου ἐν οἰκίᾳ κοινῇ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome 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 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
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