Proverbs 25:24
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a brawling woman, and in a wide house.”
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Proverbs 25:24 Context
22For thou shalt heape coales of fire vpon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 23The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue. 24It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a brawling woman, and in a wide house. 25As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey. 26A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is as a troubled fountaine, aud a corrupt spring.
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[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- King James Version
It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
- Basic English Bible
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
- Darby Bible
It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
- Webster's Bible
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- World English Bible
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible