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Proverbs 25:24

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24tIt is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,

tThan with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

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Footnotes

  1. tch. 21:9.
  2. tch. 21:9.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop

than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Better to live on a corner of the roof

than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Better to live on the corner of a roof

than to share a house with a nagging wife.

NLTNew Living Translation

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic

than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Better to live upon the corner of a roof

than with a woman of contention and in a shared house.