Proverbs 25 · Verse 24

Proverbs 25:24

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

Proverbs 25:24 in other translations

BSBBetter to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
WEBIt is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
ASVIt is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
YLTBetter to sit on a corner of a roof, Than with a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
DARBYIt is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
BBEIt is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.
WebsterIt is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

What does Proverbs 25:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. (Compare Pr 21:9, 19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 It is better to dwell in a corner - See the note on Pro 21:9 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
It is better to be alone, than to be joined to one who is a hinderance to the comfort of life.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 25:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ט֗וֹבTov[is] goodH2896
שֶׁ֥בֶתShe.vetto dwellH3427
עַל\־'al-onH5921
פִּנַּת\־pi.nat-[the] corner ofH6438
גָּ֑גGaga roofH1406
מֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetmore than a woman ofH802
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗יםmi.do.nimcontentionsH4079
וּבֵ֥יתu.Veitand a house ofH1004
חָֽבֶר\׃Cha.verassociationH2269

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 25:24

  • Proverbs 21:19

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

  • Proverbs 21:9

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

  • Proverbs 27:15-16

    A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

  • Proverbs 19:13

    A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
19:13; 21:9,19; 27:15,16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 25:23

    The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

  • Proverbs 25:24

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

  • Proverbs 25:25

    As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

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Proverbs 25:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mejor es estar en un rincón de casa, que con la mujer rencillosa en espaciosa casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mieux vaut habiter sur le coin d’un toit, que d’avoir une femme querelleuse et une maison en commun.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Besser auf einer Dachecke wohnen, als ein zänkisches Weib und ein gemeinsames Haus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Melius est sedere in angulo domatis quam cum muliere litigiosa et in domo communi.