complete verse (Proverbs 25:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is better for a person to live in a deserted/run down house that living with a contentious/quarrelsome woman.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “It is better to live alone in a corner of a roof terrace
    than to live in the same house with a quarrelsome wife.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “(It is) better to live on the roof of a house than to live inside the house with a quarrelsome wife.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It-is-better to stay on the outside of your (sing.) house than to reside-with a quarrelsome and habitually-complaining spouse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “It is better to live alone/by yourself in the corner of an attic/housetop
    than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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