Logos Bible Study

Proverbs 9:13–15

New American Standard Bible (1995)Other versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

13The 1woman of folly is aboisterous,

She is 2naive and bknows nothing.

14She sits at the doorway of her house,

On a seat by athe high places of the city,

15Calling to those who pass by,

Who are making their paths straight:

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 1Or foolish woman
  2. 2Lit simple

Cross references

  1. aProv 7:11
  2. bProv 5:6
  3. aProv 9:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The woman Folly is loud;

she is seductive and knows nothing.

She sits at the door of her house;

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

calling to those who pass by,

who are going straight on their way,

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: