Proverbs 21:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Common English Bible

⁹ Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:9 Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

A diligent woman is a crown to her husband. And she who acts with confusion as to which things are worthy is decay to his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

It is better to be called to vegetables with charity, than to a fatted calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1

A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the grief of his father. And an argumentative wife is like a roof that is continually leaking.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the impious desires evil; he will not take pity on his neighbor.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a deserted land, than with a quarrelsome and emotional woman.

Proverbs 21:8

The perverse way of a man is foreign. But whoever is pure: his work is upright.

Proverbs 25:24

It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house.