Translations
Modern
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Traditional
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Literal
Better to sit on the corner of roof, than with a wife of quarrels and a house of company.
Latin
Melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi.
Interlinear
Hebrew
English
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Notes
This proverb appears again in Proverbs 21:9.
Glossary
Topics
Family: Infelicity In House: Architecture of Used As Dwelling Place Nagging Wife Quality Living Strife: General Scriptures Concerning Wife: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Women: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To