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

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

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

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

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19 It is (A)better to live in a desert land
    than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

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19 Better to live in a desert
    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)

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

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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

13 (A)A foolish son is ruin to his father,
    and (B)a wife's quarrelling is (C)a continual dripping of rain.

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13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,(A)
    and a quarrelsome wife is like
    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.(B)

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

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13 (A)A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
(B)And the contentions of a wife are a continual [a]dripping.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:13 Irritation

15 (A)A continual dripping on a rainy day
    and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

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15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(A)
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

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15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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15 A (A)continual dripping on a very rainy day
And a contentious woman are alike;

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