Proverbs Chapter 25 verse 24 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
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BBE Proverbs 25:24

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
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DARBY Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
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KJV Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
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WBT Proverbs 25:24


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WEB Proverbs 25:24

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.
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YLT Proverbs 25:24

Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - A repetition of Proverbs 21:9, taken therefore from the Solomonic collection.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop.--See above on Proverbs 21:9.