Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
KJV
Melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi.
Vulgate
κρεῖττον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας δώματος ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς λοιδόρου ἐν οἰκίᾳ κοινῇ.
LXX
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
ASV
ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת עַל פִּנַּת גָּ֑ג מֵ/אֵ֥שֶׁת מדונים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּ/בֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
גָּֽג
gg
noun · 31×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חָֽבֶר
chbr
noun · 7×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
mdynym
noun · 9×
מָד֑וֹן
mdvn
noun · 17×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פִּנּ֣וֹת
pnvt
noun · 29×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Prov 7:11 — (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
- Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Prov 19:13 — A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
- Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
- Prov 21:9 — It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
- Prov 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
- Prov 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
- Prov 27:15 — A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.