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Proverbs 9:13–15

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The Way of Folly

13tThe woman Folly is uloud;

she is seductive3 and vknows nothing.

14She sits at the door of her house;

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

15calling to those who pass by,

who are xgoing straight on their way,

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Footnotes

  1. 3Or full of simpleness

Cross references

  1. tFor ver. 13–18, see ch. 7:7–27
  2. uch. 7:11
  3. vch. 5:6
  4. wver. 3
  5. x[ver. 6]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Folly is an unruly woman;

she is simple and knows nothing.

She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat at the highest point of the city,

calling out to those who pass by,

who go straight on their way,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Folly is a rowdy woman;

she is gullible and knows nothing.

She sits by the doorway of her house,

on a seat at the highest point of the city,

calling to those who pass by,

who go straight ahead on their paths:

NLTNew Living Translation

The woman named Folly is brash.

She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.

She sits in her doorway

on the heights overlooking the city.

She calls out to men going by

who are minding their own business.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A woman of foolishness is loud,

simple, and does not know it.

She sits at the door of her house,

upon a throne at the high places of town,

in order to call to those who pass by the road,

those who go straight on their way:

KJV 1900King James Version

A foolish woman is clamorous:

She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

For she sitteth at the door of her house,

On a seat in the high places of the city,

To call passengers

Who go right on their ways: