Proverbs 21:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. In a corner of the housetop - A shed raised on the flat roof - a wide house; בית חבר beith chaber, "a house of fellowship;" what we should call a lodging-house, or a house occupied by several families. This was usual in the East, as well as in the West. Some think a house of festivity is meant: hence my old MS. Bible has, the hous and feste.