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The Way of Folly

Proverbs 9:13

In 11 translations

BSB
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
KJV
¶ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
WEB
The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
ASV
The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
LSV
A foolish woman [is] noisy, || Simple, and has not known what.
YLT
A foolish woman [is] noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.
DBY
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
DRC
A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
GNV
A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.
JPS
The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
LXXE
A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אֵ֣שֶׁת כְּ֭סִילוּת הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת וּבַל־יָ֥דְעָה מָּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Γυνὴ ἄφρων καὶ θρασεῖα ἐνδεὴς ψωμοῦ γίνεται, ἣ οὐκ ἐπίσταται αἰσχύνην.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 7:11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
  • Proverbs 5:6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
  • Proverbs 21:19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
  • 1 Timothy 6:4he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
  • Proverbs 21:9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

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