A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 25:24 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a disagreeing, quarrelsome, and scolding woman. [Prov. 21:9.] 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 to share a house with a contentious woman. Catholic Public Domain Version It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with an argumentative woman and in a shared house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is better to sit m a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house. English Standard Version 2016 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. |
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.