PRO 21:9 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου, ἢ ἐν κεκονιαμένοις μετὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ κοινῷ.
(Kreisson oikein epi gōnias hupaithrou, aʸ en kekoniamenois meta adikias kai en oikōi koinōi. )

BrTr It is better to dwell in a corner [fn]on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.

ULT Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
⇔ than with a woman 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 ⇔ Better to live on a corner of the roof
⇔ than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

OEB It is better to live on the roof in a corner,
⇔ than in a spacious house with a quarrelsome woman.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LEB • than to share a house with a woman[fn] of contention.

21:? Or “wife”

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 No Moff PRO book available

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 women, and in a common house.

YLT Better to sit on a corner of the 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 corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

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

21.9 a brawling…: Heb. a woman of contentions

21.9 a wide…: Heb. an house of society

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top; then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

21:9 Chap.25. 19. and 13. 3. and 27. 15.

21:9 Heb. a woman of contentions.

21:9 Heb. an house of societie.

Bshps It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.
(It is better to dwell in a corner on the house toppe, 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.

Cvdl It is better to dwell in a corner vnder ye house toppe, then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house.
(It is better to dwell in a corner under ye/you_all house toppe, then with a braulinge woman in a wide house.)

Wycl It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous with oute roof, than with a womman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous.
(It is better to sit in the corner of an house with oute roof, than with a woman full of chydyng, and in a common hous.)

Luth Es ist besser wohnen im Winkel auf dem Dach, denn bei einem zänkischen Weibe in einem Hause beisammen.
(It is better reside in_the corner on to_him Dach, because at one zänkischen Weibe in one house beisammen.)

ClVg Melius est sedere in angulo domatis, quam cum muliere litigiosa, et in domo communi.
(Melius it_is sedere in angulo domatis, how when/with muliere litigiosa, and in domo communi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג

corner roof

Houses in Solomon’s time had flat roofs that people could walk on and sometimes people would build a shelter on one corner of the roof that was large enough for a person to sleep in. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could include this information in a note. Alternate translation: “the corner of a flat roof”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

מֵ⁠אֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים

than,wife contentious

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a woman who is characterized by quarrels. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “than with a quarrelsome wife”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וּ⁠בֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר

and,house share

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a house in which people live together. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “and live together in one house”

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