Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. New Living Translation It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home. English Standard Version It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. Berean Standard Bible Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. King James Bible It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. New King James Version Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. New American Standard Bible It is better to live on a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. NASB 1995 It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. NASB 1977 It is better to live in a corner of a roof, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. Legacy Standard Bible It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. Amplified Bible It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather] Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman. Christian Standard Bible Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife. Holman Christian Standard Bible Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife. American Standard Version It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. Contemporary English Version It's better to stay outside on the roof of your house than to live inside with a nagging wife. English Revised Version It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house. GOD'S WORD® Translation Better to live on a corner of a roof than to share a home with a quarreling woman. Good News Translation Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife. International Standard Version It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman. Majority Standard Bible Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. NET Bible It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. New Heart English Bible It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman. Webster's Bible Translation It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. World English Bible It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBetter to sit on a corner of the roof, "" Than [with] a woman of contentions and a house of company. Young's Literal Translation Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than with a woman of contentions and a house of company. Smith's Literal Translation Good to dwell upon the corner of the roof rather than with a woman of strifes and a house of community. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIt is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house. Catholic Public Domain Version It is better to sit in a corner of the attic, than with a contentious woman and in a shared house. New American Bible It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than in a mansion with a quarrelsome woman. New Revised Standard Version It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIt is better to dwell alone in a corner of the housetop than to live with a quarrelsome woman in a large house. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated It is better to sit on the corner of the roof than to dwell with a contentious woman. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, Than in a house in common with a contentious woman. Brenton Septuagint Translation It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The King's Heart…8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. 9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. 10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.… Cross References Proverbs 25:24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. Proverbs 27:15-16 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike— / restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand. Proverbs 12:4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones. Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands. Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred. Proverbs 17:1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared. Genesis 21:9-10 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son, / and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!” 1 Samuel 25:24-25 She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant. / My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent. 1 Kings 21:25 (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Matthew 10:34-36 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. / For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. / A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ Luke 12:51-53 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. / From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. / They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” 1 Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace. Treasury of Scripture It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. better Proverbs 21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to 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. Proverbs 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. Jump to Previous Angle Better Brawling Common Company Contentions Contentious Corner Dwell House Housetop House-Top Live Quarrelsome Roof Share Shared Sit Wide WifeJump to Next Angle Better Brawling Common Company Contentions Contentious Corner Dwell House Housetop House-Top Live Quarrelsome Roof Share Shared Sit Wide WifeProverbs 21 1. The king's heart in the hand of the LordBetter to live The phrase "Better to live" suggests a comparison of life choices, emphasizing the importance of peace and contentment over material comfort. The Hebrew word for "better" (טוֹב, tov) often conveys goodness, welfare, or happiness. This implies that a life of simplicity and solitude can be more fulfilling than one filled with strife, even if it means sacrificing certain comforts. The wisdom literature of the Bible frequently contrasts the value of inner peace with external circumstances, urging believers to prioritize spiritual well-being. on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Betterט֗וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good to live לָשֶׁ֥בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a corner פִּנַּת־ (pin·naṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain of the roof גָּ֑ג (gāḡ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1406: A roof, the top of an altar than to share חָֽבֶר׃ (ḥā·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2267: Company, association, spell a house וּבֵ֥ית (ū·ḇêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house with a quarrelsome מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (miḏ·yā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4079: Brawling, contention wife. מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Links Proverbs 21:9 NIVProverbs 21:9 NLT Proverbs 21:9 ESV Proverbs 21:9 NASB Proverbs 21:9 KJV Proverbs 21:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 21:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 21:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 21:9 French Bible Proverbs 21:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:9 It is better to dwell (Prov. 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