Proverbs 21:9 | |
NASB: It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. ASV: It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. BBE: It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house. DBY: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common. JPS: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman. WBS: It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. WEB: It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. YLT: Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company. | |
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