Proverbs 11:22

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

KJV

As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.is without: Heb. departeth from

WEB

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

ASV

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion.

LSV

A ring of gold in the nose of a sow—A beautiful woman and stubborn of behavior.

YLT

A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

DBY

A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.

DRC

A golden ring in a swine’s snout, a woman fair and foolish.

GNV

As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.

JPS

As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.

LXXE

As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded woman.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃

LXX-Br

Ὥσπερ ἐνώτιον ἐν ῥινὶ ὑός, οὕτως γυναικὶ κακόφρονι κάλλος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 3:3–4Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is…
• Proverbs 31:30Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
• Nahum 3:4–6because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft. “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift…
• Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
• 2 Peter 2:22Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
• Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
• Genesis 24:47Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
• Ezekiel 16:15–22But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. You took some of your garments and made…

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