Proverbs 21:9 - 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.

More versions

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.

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 virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 15:17

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of man is froward and strange: But as for the pure, his work is right.

Proverbs 25:24

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