It’s better to live alone in the desert than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

宁可住在旷野，不与争吵使气的妇人同住。

宁可住在旷野之地，也不与争吵易怒的妇人同住。

宁可住在旷野之地，也不与争吵易怒的妇人同住。

宁愿独居旷野，不跟吵闹易怒的女子同住。

宁可住在野地，也不跟吵闹易怒的妇人同住。

宁可住在旷野之地，也好过与争吵易怒的妻子同住。

寧可住在曠野，不與爭吵使氣的婦人同住。

寧可住在曠野之地，也不與爭吵易怒的婦人同住。

寧可住在曠野之地，也不與爭吵易怒的婦人同住。

寧願獨居曠野，不跟吵鬧易怒的女子同住。

寧可住在野地，也不跟吵鬧易怒的婦人同住。

寧可住在野地裏，也不跟爭吵使氣的婦人同住。

寧可住在曠野之地，也好過與爭吵易怒的妻子同住。

寧處曠野、不與好爭煩懣之婦偕居、

寧處於曠野、勿與頑婦偕居。

寧處於曠野、莫與好爭易怒之婦偕居、

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

It is better to live in a desert than to live with a nagging wife who loves to argue.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and irritating woman.

Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.

[ It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

How I suffer in far off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.I am tired of living among people who hate peace.

Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers— a pack of treacherous liars.

Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude