Proverbs 21:9
“It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,.... The roofs of houses in Judea were that, encompassed with…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
A wide house - literally, “a house of companionship,” i. e., a house shared with her. The flat roof of an Eastern house…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
See here, 1. What a great affliction it is to a man to have a brawling scolding woman for his wife, who upon every…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
in a corner of the housetop The LXX. render ἐπὶ γωνίας ὑπαίθρου, with no better hiding-place from the storms of heaven…
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