Proverbi 21:9

9 Meglio abitare sul canto d’un tetto, che una gran casa con una moglie rissosa.

Proverbi 21:9 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:9

[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop
The roofs of houses in Judea were that, encompassed with battlements, whither persons might retire for solitude, and sit in safety: and it is better to be in a corner of such a roof alone, and be exposed to scorching heat, to blustering winds, to thunder storms and showers of rain, than with a brawling woman in a wide house;
large and spacious, full of rooms, fit for a numerous family: or, "an house of society" ^F21; where many families might dwell and live sociably with each other; or a house where a man, his wife and family, might dwell together, and have communion with each other; it is opposed to the corner of the housetop, and the solitariness of it; as the scolding of the brawling woman, or "a woman of contentions" ^F23, who is always noisy and quarrelsome, her violent passions, her storming language, and thundering voice, are to the inclemencies of the heavens, to which a man on the housetop is exposed; and yet these are more eligible than the other; see ( Proverbs 21:19 ) ( 17:1 ) ( 19:13 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rbx tybw) "domo societatis", Montanus, Vatablus, Baynus, Mercerus, Michaelis, "et domus societatis", Schultens.
F23 (Mynwdm tvam) "prae muliere contentionum", Montanus, Schultens.

Proverbi 21:9 In-Context

7 La violenza degli empi li porta via, perché rifiutano di praticare l’equità.

8 La via del colpevole è tortuosa, ma l’innocente opera con rettitudine.

9 Meglio abitare sul canto d’un tetto, che una gran casa con una moglie rissosa.

10 L’anima dell’empio desidera il male; il suo amico stesso non trova pietà agli occhi di lui.

11 Quando il beffardo è punito, il semplice diventa savio; e quando s’istruisce il savio, egli acquista scienza.