Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 2896 [e] ט֗וֹב ṭō-wḇ, Better Adj-ms 3427 [e] שֶׁ֥בֶת še-ḇeṯ to dwell V-Qal-Inf 776 [e] בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ bə-’e-reṣ- in Prep-b | N-fsc 4057 [e] מִדְבָּ֑ר miḏ-bār; the wilderness N-ms 802 [e] מֵאֵ֖שֶׁת mê-’ê-šeṯ Than with a woman Prep-m | N-fsc   [מדונים] [mə-ḏō-w-nîm - Noun - masculine plural N-mp   ḵ]   4066 [e] (מִדְיָנִ֣ים) (miḏ-yā-nîm Contentious N-mp   q)   3708 [e] וָכָֽעַס׃ wā-ḵā-‘as. and angry Conj-w | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

King James Bible
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

better

Proverbs 21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling …

Psalm 55:6,7 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly …

Psalm 120:5,6 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!…

Jeremiah 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; …

wilderness or the land of the desert

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