Parallel Verses
Amplified
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
New American Standard Bible
Than
King James Version
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Holman Bible
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
International Standard Version
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman.
A Conservative Version
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
American Standard Version
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
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.
Darby Translation
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Julia Smith Translation
Good to dwell upon the corner of the roof rather than with a woman of strifes and a house of community.
King James 2000
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Better to dwell on the corner of a roof than [to] share a house with a woman of contention.
Modern King James verseion
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a quarrelsome woman and to share a house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
It is better to dwell in a corner under the housetop; than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
NET Bible
It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
New Heart English Bible
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
The Emphasized Bible
Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
Webster
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
World English Bible
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Youngs Literal Translation
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company.
Themes
Contention » Contentious people
Contentious woman » Stir up strife
Evil » Women evil women » Stir up strife
Family » Parental prayers » Strife in
Strife » Causes of » In the family
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
8
The way of the guilty is [exceedingly] crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:13
A foolish (ungodly) son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a [quarrelsome] wife are like a constant dripping [of water].
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land
Than with a contentious and troublesome woman.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous and excellent wife [worthy of honor] is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him [with her foolishness] is like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
Proverbs 17:1
Than a house full of feasting [served] with strife and contention.
Proverbs 27:15-16
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious (quarrelsome) woman are alike;