Proverbs 25:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.”
Proverbs 25:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 25:24 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 25:24 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 25:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.”
Proverbs 25:24 — World English Bible
Proverbs 25:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.”
Proverbs 25:24 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 25:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions, and a house of company.”
Proverbs 25:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 25:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.”
Proverbs 25:24 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 25:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.”
Proverbs 25:24 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 25:24 in Context — Proverbs 25
22 Porque [assim] amontoarás brasas sobre a cabeça dele, e o SENHOR te recompensará.
23 O vento norte traz a chuva; [assim como] a língua caluniadora [traz] a ira no rosto.
24 É melhor morar num canto do terraço do que com uma mulher briguenta numa casa espaçosa.
25 [Como] água refrescante para a alma cansada, assim são boas notícias de uma terra distante.
26 O justo que se deixa levar pelo perverso é [como] uma fonte turva e um manancial poluído.
What Does Proverbs 25:24 Mean?
Proverbs 25:24 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 25. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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