19 Better to dwell [a]in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:19 Lit. in the land of the desert

Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with (A)a contentious woman.

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Woe is me, that I dwell in (A)Meshech,
(B)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.

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Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For (A)they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.

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So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah

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