Proverbs 7:11

What does Proverbs 7:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Noisy she <FI>is<Fi> , and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

Context

v.10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

v.11This passage

v.12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Timothy 5:13

    And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  • Proverbs 31:10

    A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.

  • Titus 2:5

    to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

  • Genesis 18:9

    And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

  • Proverbs 9:13

    The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

  • Proverbs 27:14

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

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