Proverbs 25:24
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Angle Better Brawling Common Company Contentions Contentious Corner Dwell House Housetop House-Top Live Quarrelsome Roof Share Shared Sit Wide Wife
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English Standard Version
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

New American Standard Bible
It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

King James Bible
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.

International Standard Version
It's better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.

NET Bible
It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
It is better to dwell on the corner of a roof than to dwell with a contentious woman in a house of divisions.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman.

King James 2000 Bible
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.

American King James Version
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is better to sit m a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Darby Bible Translation
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

English Revised Version
It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Webster's Bible Translation
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Lexicon
It is better
towb  (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
to dwell
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
in the corner
pinnah  (pin-naw')
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain -- bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.
of the housetop
gag  (gawg)
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar -- roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
than with a brawling
midyan  (mid-yawn')
brawling, contention(-ous).
madown  (maw-dohn')
a contest or quarrel -- brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife.
woman
'ishshah  (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
and in a wide
cheber  (kheh'-ber)
a society; also a spell -- + charmer(-ing), company, enchantment, wide.
house
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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