Proverbs 21:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

Asang Khongca Bible

Angzoeh koeh zu hoiah kawk parai im ah oh pongah loe, imphu ranui ih im takii ah oh to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Hohmuhnah la aka om yuu neh hoilh aka khueh kah im lakah tah, imphu bangkil ah khosak te then ngai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Hohmuhnah la aka om yuu neh hoilh aka khueh kah im lakah tah, imphu bangkil ah khosak te then ngai.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E aho ka noho ma ke kihi maluna o ka hale, Aole hoi me ka wahine hakaka ma ka hale kanaka.

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pito ou rete pou kont ou nan yon kwen galata pase pou ou rete nan kay ak yon fanm ki toujou ap chache kont.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Melius est sedere in angulo domatis, quam cum muliere litigiosa, et in domo communi.

Bible in Basic English

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Mieux vaut habiter sur le coin d’un toit, que [d’avoir] une femme querelleuse et une maison en commun.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lépe jest bydliti v koutě na střeše, nežli s ženou svárlivou v domě společném.

Kosraean Bible

Ac wo in muta fin mangon lohm uh, liki in muta in lohm uh wi sie mutan torkaskas.

World Portuguese Bible

Melhor é morar no canto do terraço do que repartir a casa com uma mulher briguenta.

Romanian BTF Bible

Mai bine este să locuiești într-un colț al acoperișului casei, decât cu o femeie arțăgoasă într-o casă largă.

Brenton English Septuagint

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

Burmese Common Language Bible

ရန်တွေ့တတ်သောမိန်းမနှင့် အတူလူများသော အိမ်၌နေသည်ထက်၊ အိမ်မိုးပေါ်ထောင့်ထဲမှာ နေသော် သာ၍ကောင်း၏။

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Besser ist es, auf einer Dachecke zu wohnen, als ein zänkisches Weib und ein gemeinsames Haus.

Dutch Bible 1917

Het is beter te wonen op een hoek van het dak, dan met een kijfachtige huisvrouw, en dat in een huis van gezelschap.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Beter te wonen op de punt van het dak, Dan met een snibbige vrouw in de echtelijke woning.

Italian Diodati Bible

Meglio è abitare sopra un canto di un tetto, Che con una moglie rissosa in casa comune .

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Noyes Bible

Better is it to dwell in a corner of the housetop Than with a brawling woman in a large house.

Danish Bible 1931

Hellere bo i en Krog på Taget end fælles Hus med trættekær Kvinde.

Leeser Tanakh

It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a roomy house.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

King James Version

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

King James Version + Apocrypha

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

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Thà ở nơi xó nóc nhà, Hơn là ở chung nhà với một người đàn bà hay tranh cạnh.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku lelei hake ʻae nofo ki he tuliki ʻi ha tuʻafale, ʻi he nofo ʻi loto fale mo ha fefine ʻoku faʻa kē.

French Ostervald Bible

Mieux vaut habiter au coin d'un toit, qu'avec une femme querelleuse dans une grande maison.

Esperanto Bible

Pli bone estas loĝi sur angulo de tegmento, Ol kun malpacema edzino en komuna domo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Mieux vaut habiter à l’angle d’un toit, Que de partager la demeure d’une femme querelleuse.

German Luther Bible 1912

Es ist besser wohnen im Winkel auf dem Dach, denn bei einem zänkischen Weibe in einem Haus beisammen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

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

British English Septuagint 2012

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

Majority Standard BIble

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

Webster Bible

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

Revised Version

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

Italian Riveduta Bible

Meglio abitare sul canto d’un tetto, che una gran casa con una moglie rissosa.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Mieux vaut habiter dans un coin de la terrasse que de partager une maison avec une femme querelleuse.

Reina Valera 1909

Mejor es vivir en un rincón de zaquizamí, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.

Spanish BLL

Es mejor vivir en un rincón de la azotea que compartir la casa con una mujer peleonera.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Mejor es vivir en un rincón del terrado que con mujer rencillosa en casa espaciosa.

Croatian Bible

Bolje je živjeti pod rubom krova nego u zajedničkoj kući sa ženom svadljivom.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Bolje je sedeti u uglu od krova nego sa ženom svadljivom u kući zajedničkoj.

German Textbibel

Lieber auf der Zinne eines Daches wohnen, als ein zänkisches Weib und gemeinsames Haus.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

It is better to dwell in a corner on the housetop, Than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

ט֗וֹב לָשֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃

World English Bible

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

World English Bible (Catholic)

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

World English Bible British Edition

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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

World English Bible Classic

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

World English Bible Updated

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

World Messianic Bible

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Brenton Septuagint

Κρεῖσσον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου, ἢ ἐν κεκονιαμένοις μετὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ἐν οἴκῳ κοινῷ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Май бине сэ локуешть ынтр-ун колц пе акопериш декыт ку о невастэ гылчевитоаре ынтр-о касэ маре.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

На криші в кутку далеко лучше жити, анїж із жінкою сварливою в сьвітлицї.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

На криші в кутку далеко лучше жити, анїж із жінкою сварливою в сьвітлицї.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Боље је седети у углу од крова него са женом свадљивом у кући заједничкој.

Russian Synodal Bible

Лучше жить в углу на кровле, нежели со сварливою женою в пространном доме.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

טֹ֗וב לָשֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

טוב לשבת על פנת גג מאשת מדונים ובית חבר׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلسُّكْنَى فِي زَاوِيَةِ ٱلسَّطْحِ، خَيْرٌ مِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ مُخَاصِمَةٍ وَبَيْتٍ مُشْتَرِكٍ.

Old Persion Version Bible

در زاویه پشت بام ساکن شدن بهتر است، ازساکن بودن با زن ستیزه گر در خانه مشترک.

Judson Burmese Bible

ရန်တွေ့ တတ်သောမိန်းမ နှင့်အတူလူ များသော အိမ် ၌နေ သည်ထက် ၊ အိမ်မိုး ပေါ် ထောင့် ထဲမှာ နေသော် သာ၍ကောင်း ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

다투는 여인과 함께 큰 집에서 나는 것보다 움막에서 혼자 사는 것이 나으니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

争い好きな女と一つの家で暮らすより、 屋根の片隅に住むほうが良い。

World Chinese Bible

住在屋顶的角落， 胜过与好争吵的女人同住一屋。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

宁可住在房顶的角上， 不在宽阔的房屋与争吵的妇人同住。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

寧可住在房頂的角上， 不在寬闊的房屋與爭吵的婦人同住。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

É melhor morar num canto do terraço do que numa casa espaçosa com uma mulher briguenta.

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Mashi Bible

Aha omuntu ankabêra haguma n’omukazi w’embaka, ankacijira oku kanshôsho k’enyumpa.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Es ist besser, in einem Winkel auf dem Dach zu wohnen, als mit einem zänkischen Weib in einem gemeinsamen Haus.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Es mejor vivir en un ángulo de la parte superior de la casa, que con una mujer de lengua amarga en una casa amplia.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Más vale vivir en rincón de azotea, Que en casa espaciosa con mujer rencillosa.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

It is better to dwell in a corner of the gag (roof), than with a quarrelsome isha in a shared bais.

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