As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.
WEB
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
YLT
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow--A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
DBT
A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.