Proverbs 11:22
What does Proverbs 11:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 11:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
- 1 Peter 3:3
Whoseadorninglet it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;
- Proverbs 31:30
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
- Ezekiel 16:15
But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by; his it was.
- Genesis 24:47
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
- Nahum 3:4
because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
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