When proverbs says it is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife it means that this greater ease greater comfort greater peace of the housetop over going downstairs and loving this woman is true.
It better to live on the corner of your roof.
Proverbs 21 9 wyc it is better to sit in the corner of an house without roof than with a woman full of chiding and in a common house.
Houses back in bible days had flat roofs.
It is better to live on a corner of the roof than to share the house with a nagging wife.
It 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.
Contemporary english version it s better to stay outside on the roof of your house than to live inside with a nagging wife.
The complete jewish bible.
Proverbs 21 9 it is better to live dwell sit on the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome contentious brawling bitter tongued wife.
Good news translation better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
Net bible it is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
Holman christian standard bible.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a disagreeing quarrelsome and scolding woman.
It is better to sit in the corner of a house without a roof than with a woman full of arguments or of bickering in a house together.
International standard version it s better to live in a corner on the roof than in a house with a contentious woman.
But it was exposed to all manner of weather.
Then with a brawling woman in a wide house 1611 king james version kjv viewing the original 1611 kjv with archaic english spelling.
Proverbs 21 9 it is better to dwell in a corner of the house top.
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.