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Proverbs 11:22

As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

KJV

Circulus aureus in naribus suis, mulier pulchra et fatua.

Vulgate

ὥσπερ ἐνώτιον ἐν ῥινὶ ὑός, οὕτως γυναικὶ κακόφρονι κάλλος.

LXX

Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.

ASV

נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּ/אַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְ/סָ֣רַת טָֽעַם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 275×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 13×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חֲזִ֔יר
chzyr
noun · 7×
יְפֵ֥ה
yph
verb · 43×
נֶ֣זֶם
nzm
noun · 17×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:3 — Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
  • 2Pet 2:22 — But 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.
  • Gen 24:47 — And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands
  • Matt 7:6 — Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
  • Nah 3:4 — Because 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.
  • Prov 7:10 — And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
  • Prov 9:13 — A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
  • Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.