Proverbs 21:9

Proverbs 21:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9Better to live on a corner of the roof

than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

9It is better to live on a corner of a roof

Than 21:9 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of associationin a house shared with a contentious woman.

9It is better to live in a corner of a roof

Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

9It 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.

9Better to live on a corner of the roof

than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

9It is better to live on a corner of a roof

than to share a house with a nagging wife.