Proverbs 11:22
New American Standard Bible
22 As a (A)ring of gold in a pig’s snout
So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
Lexham English Bible
22 A ring of gold in the snout of a pig
is a woman who is beautiful but without discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
New International Version
22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
Proverbs 11:22
King James Version
22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
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Proverbs 12:4
New American Standard Bible
4 An [a](A)excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
But she who shames him is like (B)rottenness in his bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:4 Or virtuous
Proverbs 12:4
Lexham English Bible
4 A woman of strength[a] is the crown of her master,[b]
but like rot in his bones is she who brings shame.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:4 Or “honor”
- Proverbs 12:4 Or “lord, owner”
Proverbs 12:4
New International Version
Proverbs 12:4
King James Version
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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Proverbs 14:1
New American Standard Bible
Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
14 The (A)wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:1
Lexham English Bible
14 The wisest of women[a] builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her hands.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:1 Literally “wise ones of women”
Proverbs 14:1
New International Version
14 The wise woman builds her house,(A)
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
Proverbs 14:1
King James Version
14 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
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Proverbs 18:22
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:22
Lexham English Bible
22 He who finds a wife[a] finds good,
and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:22 Or “woman”
Proverbs 18:22
New International Version
Proverbs 18:22
King James Version
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
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Proverbs 19:13-14
New American Standard Bible
13 A (A)foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the (B)quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
14 House and wealth are an (C)inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:13-14
Lexham English Bible
13 A foolish child is a ruin to his father,
and the quarreling of a woman[a] is a continuous dripping.
14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
but from Yahweh comes a woman[b] who is prudent.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:13 Or “wife”
- Proverbs 19:14 Or “wife”
Proverbs 19:13-14
New International Version
Proverbs 19:13-14
King James Version
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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Proverbs 21:9
New American Standard Bible
9 It is better to live on a corner of a roof
Than [a]in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:9 Lit with a woman of contentions and a house of association
Proverbs 21:9
Lexham English Bible
9 Better to dwell on the corner of a roof
than to share a house with a woman[a] of contention.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:9 Or “wife”
Proverbs 21:9
New International Version
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof
than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.(A)
Proverbs 21:9
King James Version
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
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Proverbs 21:19
New American Standard Bible
19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and irritating woman.
Proverbs 21:19
Lexham English Bible
19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.
Proverbs 21:19
New International Version
19 Better to live in a desert
than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.(A)
Proverbs 21:19
King James Version
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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