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Proverbs 21:9

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Do Your Best, Prepare for the Worst

9Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack

than share a mansion with a nagging spouse.

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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 dwell on the corner of a roof

than to share a house with a woman of contention.

KJV 1900King James Version

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,

Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.