Proverbs 9:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 9:13

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11 ^aFor by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.

12 ^aIf you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”

The Way of Folly

13 ^aA foolish woman is¹ clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.

14 For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat ^aby the highest places of the city,

15 To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:

16 “Whoever^a is simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

17 “Stolen^a water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

18 But he does not know that ^athe dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of¹ hell.

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 9:13

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American Standard Version
The foolish woman is clamorous; `She is' simple, and knoweth nothing.

Amplified® Bible
The foolish woman is noisy; she is simple {and} open to all forms of evil, she [willfully and recklessly] knows nothing whatever [of eternal value].

Contemporary English Version
Stupidity is reckless, senseless, and foolish.

Darby English Version
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.

Good News Bible
Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.

King James Version
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

New American Standard Bible
The woman of folly is boisterous, {She is} naive and knows nothing.

New International Version
The woman Folly is loud;
she is undisciplined and without knowledge.

New King James Version
A foolish woman is clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The woman of folly behaves boisterously, She behaves naively and knows nothing.

Revised Standard Version
A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.

Young's Literal Translation
A foolish woman `is' noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

New English Translation
The woman called Folly¹ is brash,² she is naive³ and does not know⁴ anything.⁵

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