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Proverbs 21:9

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Proverbs 21:9 - Amplified Bible

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, {and} faultfinding woman.

Proverbs 21:9 - American Standard Version

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

Proverbs 21:9 - Bible in Basic English

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

Proverbs 21:9 - Darby Bible

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

Proverbs 21:9 - English Standard Version

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:9 - King James Version

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

Proverbs 21:9 - La Biblia de las Americas

Mejor es vivir en un rincòn del terrado
que en una casa con mujer rencillosa.

Proverbs 21:9 - The Message

Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack
   than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

 

Proverbs 21:9 - New American Standard Bible

It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Proverbs 21:9 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Mejor es vivir en un rincòn del terrado
Que en una casa con mujer rencillosa.

Proverbs 21:9 - World English Bible

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

Proverbs 21:9 - Young's Living Translation

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

Proverbs 21:9 - Additional Comments

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