Verse List for PROV 25:24

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B I ◄ ← Prov 25:24 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If better to live in the corner of an attic, ⇔ than to live inside the house with a contentious wife.

OET-LV is_good to _dwell on the_corner _of a _roof more_than _a _woman _of contentions[fn] and_a _house _of association.

ULT Better to dwell on the corner of a roof ⇔ than, with a wife of quarrels and a house of companionship.

UST It is better to live alone in a corner of a housetop ⇔  than to live inside a house with a wife who always argues with you.

BSB & MSB Better to live on a corner of the roof ⇔  than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop ⇔  than to share a house with a contentious woman.

NET It is better to live on a corner of the housetop ⇔ than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

LSV Better to sit on a corner of a roof,
Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

FBV It's better to live in a corner of a housetop than to share a whole house with an argumentative wife.

T4T ⇔  It is better to live ◄alone/by yourself► in the corner of an attic/housetop ⇔  than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.

LEB • Better to live upon the corner of a roof
• than with a woman[fn] of contention and in a shared 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.

Moff Better a corner on the roof ⇔  than a room inside the mansion with a nagging wife.

JPS It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than in a house in common with a contentious woman.

ASV It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, ⇔ Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

DRA It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

YLT Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

Drby It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.

RV It is better to dwell in the comer of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

SLT Good to dwell upon a corner of the roof rather than with a woman of strifes and a house of community.

Wbstr It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

KJB-1769 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

KJB-1611 It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a brawling woman, and in a wide house.
(It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, then with a brawling woman, and in a wide house.)

Bshps It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
(It is better to sit in a corner upon the housetop, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.)

Gnva It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
(It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.)

Cvdl It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then wt a braulynge woman in a wyde house.
(It is better to sit in a corner under the roof, then with a brauling woman in a wide house.)

Wycl It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous without roof, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and in a comyn hous.
(It is better to sit in the corner of an house without roof, than with a woman full of chiding, and in a common house.)

Luth Es ist besser im Winkel auf dem Dache sitzen denn bei einem zänkischen Weibe in einem Hause beisammen.
(It is better in_the corner on/in/to to_him roof sit because/than at/in on quarrelsome woman in on house(n) together.)

ClVg Melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi.[fn]
(Better it_is to_sit_down in/into/on angulo domatis how when/with woman litigiosa and in/into/on at_home common.)

UHB ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵ⁠אֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים [fn] וּ⁠בֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃ ‡

BrLXX Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας δώματος, ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς λοιδόρου ἐν οἰκίᾳ κοινῇ.

BrTr It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.