Darby bible translation it is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a contentious woman and a house in common.
Better to live with peace attic wife.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
It clearly states that it is better to live on the roof than with a nagging wife and most husbands experiencing this situation would agree.
Proverbs 17 1 better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
English standard version it is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
King james bible it is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Psalm 133 1 a song of degrees of david.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Living in peace is about living harmoniously with yourself others and all sentient beings around you.
Comp proverbs 15 16 17.
Thus jesus gave the sop to judas when he had dipped it the septuagint is pleonastic better is a morsel with joy in peace.
Proverbs 16 8 better sweeter is a dry morsel and quietness therewith.
If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her and says i took this woman but when i came near her i did not find her a virgin then the girl s father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.
Thus boaz bid ruth dip her morsel in the vinegar.
Proverbs 21 9 nlt it s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
New living translation it s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
New living translation it s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
Dry bread was soaked in wine or water before it was eaten.
Proverbs 21 19 it is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 21 9 nrs it is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.