Proverbs 25:24 :: Bible in Basic English (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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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Better to live on the corner of a roof

than to share a house with a nagging wife.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

It is better^H2896 to live^H3427 on a corner^H6438 of the roof^H1406,

Than^H4480 [fn]in a house^H1004 shared^H2267 with a contentious^H4066 woman^H802.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than [fn]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

It is better^H2896 to live^H3427 in a corner^H6438 of the roof^H1406

Than^H4480 [fn]in a house^H1004 shared^H2267 with a contentious^H4066 woman^H802.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

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.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,

Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than to share a house with a contentious woman.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

الإِقَامَةُ فِي رُكْنِ سَطْحٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مُشَاطَرَةِ بَيْتٍ مَعَ زَوْجَةٍ نَكِدَةٍ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

ט֗וֹב שֶׁ֥בֶת עַל־פִּנַּת־גָּ֑ג מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים וּבֵ֥ית חָֽבֶר׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

κρεῖττον οἰκεῖν ἐπὶ γωνίας δώματος ἢ μετὰ γυναικὸς λοιδόρου ἐν οἰκίᾳ κοινῇ

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

اَلسُّكْنَى فِي زَاوِيَةِ السَّطْحِ، خَيْرٌ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ مُخَاصِمَةٍ فِي بَيْتٍ مُشْتَرِكٍ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Mejor es estar en un rincón de casa, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Mejor es estar en un rincón del terrado, Que con mujer rencillosa en casa espaciosa.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

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

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

寧可住在房頂的角上、不在寬闊的房屋與爭吵的婦人同住。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Mejor es vivir en un rincón de la azotea que compartir una casa con una mujer rencillosa.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

다투는 여인과 함께 큰 집에서 사는 것보다 움막에서 혼자 사는 것이 나으니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Mieux vaut habiter à l'angle d'un toit, Que de partager la demeure d'une femme querelleuse.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Es ist besser, im Winkel auf dem Dach sitzen denn bei einem zänkischen Weibe in einem Haus beisammen.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Лучше жить в углу на кровле, нежели со сварливою женою в пространном доме.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Mejor es estar en un rincón del terrado, que con la mujer rencillosa en casa espaciosa.

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