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Proverbs 9:13–14

The Way of Folly

13  tThe woman Folly is uloud;

she is seductive3 and vknows nothing.

14  She sits at the door of her house;

she takes a seat on wthe highest places of the town,

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Proverbs 9:13–14 — The New International Version (NIV)

13 Folly is an unruly woman;

she is simple and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

13 A foolish woman is clamorous:

She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

14 For she sitteth at the door of her house,

On a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — New Living Translation (NLT)

13 The woman named Folly is brash.

She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.

14 She sits in her doorway

on the heights overlooking the city.

Proverbs 9:13–14 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

13 A foolish woman is clamorous;

She is simple, and knows nothing.

14 For she sits at the door of her house,

On a seat by the highest places of the city,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — New Century Version (NCV)

13 Foolishness is like a loud woman;

she does not have wisdom or knowledge.

14 She sits at the door of her house

at the highest place in the city.

Proverbs 9:13–14 — American Standard Version (ASV)

13 The foolish woman is clamorous;

She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

14 And she sitteth at the door of her house,

On a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

13 The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing. 14 And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

13 The woman Stupidity is loud, gullible, and ignorant. 

14 She sits at the doorway of her house. 

She is enthroned on the high ground of the city 

Proverbs 9:13–14 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13 The woman Folly is rowdy;

she is gullible and knows nothing.

14 She sits by the doorway of her house,

on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

13 The foolish woman is loud;

she is ignorant and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat at the high places of the town,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

13 A woman of foolishness is loud,

simple, and does not know it.

14 She sits at the door of her house,

upon a throne at the high places of town,

Proverbs 9:13–14 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

13 The woman called Foolishness is loud.

She doesn’t control herself. She doesn’t know anything.

14 She sits at the door of her house.

She sits at the highest point of the city.

Proverbs 9:13–14 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

13 The woman of folly is boisterous,

She is naive and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the doorway of her house,

On a seat by the high places of the city,


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