Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the gag (roof), 1 than with a quarrelsome isha in a shared bais. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
In Context
10The nefesh of the rashah desireth rah; 1 his re'a findeth no mercy in his eynayim. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 12:4An aishes chayil (a woman of valor, an excellent wife) is an ateret to her ba'al, 1 but she that bringeth shame is like rottenness in his atzmot. 1
Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry crust, and quietness therewith, 1 than a bais full of zevakhim (sacrificial religious meals) with strife. 1
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in eretz midbar, 1 than with a quarrelsome and an angry isha. 1
Proverbs 27:15A continual dripping in a very rainy day 1 and a quarrelsome isha are alike; 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:9
8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. This shows that as men are so is their way. 1. Evil men have evil ways. If the man be froward, his way also is strange; and this is the way of most men, such is the general corruption of mankind. They have all gone aside ( Ps. xiv. 2, 3 ); all flesh have perverted their way. But the froward man, the man of deceit, that acts by craft and trick in all he does, his way is strange, contrary to all the rules of honour and honesty. It is… Read the whole commentary →