A husband is happy and proud with a good wife. But if a woman makes her husband ashamed, then she is like a sickness in his body.
Proverbs 21:9 - Easy To Read Version It is better to live in a small corner of the attic {\cf2\super [30]} than to share the house with a woman that is always arguing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. Common English Bible Better to live on the edge of a roof than with a contentious woman in a large house. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house. |
A husband is happy and proud with a good wife. But if a woman makes her husband ashamed, then she is like a sickness in his body.
It is better to eat a little in a place where there is love, than to eat a lot where there is hate.
It is better to have only a dry piece of bread to eat in peace than to have a whole house full of food with everyone arguing.
A foolish son can bring a flood of troubles to his father. And a nagging wife is like water that won’t stop dripping.
Evil people always want to do more evil. And those people show no mercy to people around them.
It is better to live in the desert than to live with a wife that has a short temper and loves to argue.
Bad people always try to cheat other people. But good people are honest and fair.
It is better to live in a small corner of the attic {\cf2\super [34]} than to share the house with a woman that is always arguing.