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Proverbs 21:9
9 It is better to live in a corner on the roof n
than inside the house with a quarreling wife.
n | roof In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship, and as a cool place to sleep in the summer. |
Proverbs 21:9 — The New International Version (NIV)
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)
9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
Than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)
9 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
Proverbs 21:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
9 Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 21:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)
9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Proverbs 21:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Proverbs 21:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
9 Better to live on a corner of a roof
than to share a home with a quarreling woman.
Proverbs 21:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
9 Better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 21:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a contentious wife.
Proverbs 21:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
9 Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a woman of contention.
Proverbs 21:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
9 It is better to live on a corner of a roof
than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Proverbs 21:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
9 It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
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