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Selected Verse: Proverbs 25:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 25:24 |
King James |
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Pro 21:9, Pro 21:19). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare the Pro 21:9 note. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
24 Better to sit on the top of a roof,
Than a quarrelsome woman and a house in common.
A repetition of Pro 21:9. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| It is better to dwell in a corner - See the note on Pro 21:9 (note). |
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.