Proverbs 11:22

Proverbs 11:22 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

Context of Proverbs 11:22

20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. 23The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Proverbs 11:22 word by word

נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃Read the interlinear

• a jewelנֶ֫זֶםnezem · ringH5141
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• in a swine’sחֲזִירchăzîyr · swineH2386
• snoutאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• a fairיָפֶהyâpheh · beautifulH3303
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• which is withoutסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• discretionטַ֫עַםţa‛am · tasteH2940

Cross-references for Proverbs 11:22

• Proverbs 31:30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
• Ezekiel 16:15But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
• Nahum 3:4Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
• 1 Peter 3:3Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
• 2 Peter 2:22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
• Proverbs 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
• Proverbs 9:13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, 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

Topics related to Proverbs 11:22

• Family
• Nose
• Ring
• Swine
• Women

In the dictionaries

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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