Proverbs 21:9
What does Proverbs 21:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 21:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
KJV
King James Version · 1611It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions and a house of company.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 27:15
A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:
- Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
- Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- Proverbs 12:4
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- Proverbs 19:13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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