Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing. New Living Translation The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it. English Standard Version The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. Berean Study Bible The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. New American Standard Bible The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive and knows nothing. New King James Version A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing. King James Bible A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. Christian Standard Bible Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing. Contemporary English Version Stupidity is reckless, senseless, and foolish. Good News Translation Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman. Holman Christian Standard Bible The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing. International Standard Version The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge. NET Bible The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything. New Heart English Bible The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A woman deficient in mind is alluring and she knows no shame. GOD'S WORD® Translation The woman Stupidity is loud, gullible, and ignorant. JPS Tanakh 1917 The woman Folly is riotous; She is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing. New American Standard 1977 The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive, and knows nothing. King James 2000 Bible A foolish woman is boisterous: she is simple, and knows nothing. American King James Version A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing. American Standard Version The foolish woman is clamorous;'she is'simple, and knoweth nothing. Brenton Septuagint Translation A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel. Douay-Rheims Bible A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all, Darby Bible Translation The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing. English Revised Version The foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple, and knoweth nothing. Webster's Bible Translation A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. World English Bible The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing. Young's Literal Translation A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what. Study Bible The Way of Folly13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,… Cross References Proverbs 5:6 She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable. Proverbs 7:11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. Ezekiel 16:30 How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! Treasury of Scripture A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing. Proverbs 7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Proverbs 21:9,19 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house… 1 Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Lexicon The womanאֵ֣שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female named Folly כְּ֭סִילוּת (kə·sî·lūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3687: Silliness is loud; הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה (hō·mî·yāh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1993: To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor [she is] naive פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת (pə·ṯay·yūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6615: Simplicity and knows יָ֥דְעָה (yā·ḏə·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know nothing. וּבַל־ (ū·ḇal-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest (13) A foolish woman.--Rather, the Foolish woman; Folly personified, in opposition to Wisdom described above. Clamorous.--Not of dignified mien, as her rival. Simple.--Heb., simplicity, i.e., she is simplicity itself. And knoweth nothing.--And so leaves room for all evil to enter in and dwell with her (Matthew 12:45); thus she perishes, like Israel, for "lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). Verses 13-18. - This section contains the invitation of Folly, the rival of Wisdom, represented under the guise of an adulteress (Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:3, etc.; Proverbs 6:24, etc.; Proverbs 7.). Verse 13. - I foolish woman; literally, the woman of folly, the genitive being that of apposition, so that this may well be rendered, in order to make the contrast with Wisdom more marked, "the woman Folly." She is regarded as a real person; and between her and Virtue man has to make his choice. Is clamorous; turbulent and animated by passion (as Proverbs 7:11), quite different from her calm, dignified rival. She is simple; Hebrew, "simplicity," in a bad sense; she has no preservative against evil, no moral fibre to resist temptation. And knoweth nothing which she ought to know. Ignorance is the natural accompaniment of Folly: in this case it is wilful and persistent; she goes on her way reckless of consequences. Septuagint, "A woman foolish and bold, who knows not shame, comes to want a morsel."Jump to Previous Boisterous Clamorous Folly Foolish Full Loud Naive Noise Noisy Riotous Sense Shame Simple Stupid Thoughtless Undisciplined WantonJump to Next Boisterous Clamorous Folly Foolish Full Loud Naive Noise Noisy Riotous Sense Shame Simple Stupid Thoughtless Undisciplined WantonLinks Proverbs 9:13 NIVProverbs 9:13 NLT Proverbs 9:13 ESV Proverbs 9:13 NASB Proverbs 9:13 KJV Proverbs 9:13 Bible Apps Proverbs 9:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 9:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 9:13 French Bible Proverbs 9:13 German Bible Alphabetical: and boisterous Folly is knowledge knows loud naive nothing of she The undisciplined without woman OT Poetry: Proverbs 9:13 The foolish woman is loud Undisciplined (Prov. Pro Pr) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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