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Proverbs 11:22
22A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
Proverbs 11:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- New International Version (NIV)Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
Context of Proverbs 11:22
20The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight. 21Hand for hand! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout. 23The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:22 word by word
נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:22
- Proverbs 31:30Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
- Ezekiel 16:15But thou didst confide 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.
- Nahum 3:4— Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,
- 1 Peter 3:3whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
- 2 Peter 2:22But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.
- Proverbs 7:10And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
- Proverbs 9:13The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22A jewel of gold in a swine's snout - That is, beauty in a woman destitute of good breeding and modest carriage, is as becoming as a gold ring on the snout of a swine. Coverdale translates thus: "A fayre woman without discrete maners, is like a ringe of golde in a swyne's snoute." In Asiatic countries the nose jewel is very common: to this the text alludes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The most direct proverb, in the sense of “similitude,” which has as yet met us. Jewel of gold - Better, ring; i. e., the nose-ring Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21. Without discretion - literally, “without taste,” void of the subtle tact and grace, without which mere outward beauty is as ill-bestowed as the nose-ring in the snout of the unclean beast. If we may assume that in ancient Syria, as in modern Europe, swine commonly wore such a ring to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 Beauty is abused by those who have not discretion or modesty with it. This is true of all bodily endowments.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Discretion is the skill to distinguish right from wrong, beauty from ugliness, and good taste from bad taste.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. Jewels were often suspended from the nose (Ge 24:47; Is 3:21). Thus adorned, a hog disgusts less than a fair and indiscreet woman.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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