Proverbs 21:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Dugang nga mga bersyon

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.

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.

Proverbs 21:9 Cross References

Proverbs 12:4

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 25:24

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