Proverbs 21:9
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
2896 [e]ט֗וֹב
ṭō-wḇ
BetterAdj-ms
3427 [e]לָשֶׁ֥בֶת
lā-še-ḇeṯ
to sitPrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
5921 [e]עַל־
‘al-
onPrep
6438 [e]פִּנַּת־
pin-naṯ-
the cornerN-fsc
1406 [e]גָּ֑ג
gāḡ
of a roofN-ms
802 [e]מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת
mê-’ê-šeṯ
than with a womanPrep-m | N-fsc
4079 [e]מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
miḏ-yā-nîm
of quarrelsN-mp
1004 [e]וּבֵ֥ית
ū-ḇêṯ
and a houseConj-w | N-msc
2267 [e]חָֽבֶר׃
ḥā-ḇer
of companyN-ms





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Young's Literal Translation
Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company.

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

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

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