Proverbs 9:13–15
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 calling out to those who pass by,
who go straight on their way,
Proverbs 9:13–15 — English Standard Version (ESV)
13 The woman Folly is loud;
she is seductive and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 To call passengers
Who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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.
15 She calls out to men going by
who are minding their own business.
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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.
15 She calls out to those who are passing by,
who are going along, minding their own business.
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 To call to them that pass by,
Who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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, 15 to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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
15 and calls to those who pass by,
those minding their own business,
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 in order to call to those who pass by the road,
those who go straight on their way:
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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.
15 She calls out to those who pass by.
She calls out to those who go straight on their way.
Proverbs 9:13–15 — 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,
15 Calling to those who pass by,
Who are making their paths straight: