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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:9 Or, a house in common. Hebrew a house of society.

19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman.

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19 It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with [a]a contentious and fretful woman.

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  1. Proverbs 21:19 Or, a contentious woman and vexation