Proverbs 7:11
in Proverbs 7She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
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ASV
(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
KJV
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
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This verse in Proverbs 7
Commentary
8 notes on this verseWith a provocative movement of a prostitute, with a disrupted gait through delights, with wandering eyes, and with playful darting of her eyelids, she captures the precious souls of young men (for the eye of a prostitute is a snare of a sinner), and with doubtful perception, she accosts anyone passing by in the corner of her house, with charming words, causing the hearts of young men to flutter, restless at home, wandering in the streets, prodigal with kisses, cheap in modesty, rich in attire, painted cheeks.
This site's exposition
with the attire of a harlot
on Proverbs 7:10-15
Her “attire of a harlot and cunning of heart” are named together. Her speech opens with religious cover: “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows”. A peace offering left meat the worshipper could eat and share, so piety itself becomes the pretext for the meeting.
This site's exposition
She is loud and defiant
Clarke renders loud as never at rest, always stirred up, and defiant as turning aside from the right way. Her feet wander, and Clarke takes that restlessness as what first led her into this life. Her home cannot hold her.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
Loud and wayward, etc. Desiring to disturb the peace of the Church.
Unable to remain at home with her feet. There is no heresy content with its first disciples: for they are its house, but it always seeks new ones to deceive.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
She is loud and stubborn,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
She is loud and stubborn - המיה homiyah, she is never at rest, always agitated; busily employed to gain her end, and this is to go into the path of error: סררת sorereth, “turning aside;” preferring any way to the right way. And, therefore, it is added, her feet abide not in her house, she gads abroad; and this disposition probably first led her to this vice.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Loud and stubborn - Both words describe the half-animal signs of a vicious nature. Compare Hos 4:16.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And behold a woman As its apparent meaning. Another explanation: One of the enticers.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֹמִיָּ֣ה | homiyah | [is] boisterous | H1993 → | 34 times |
| הִ֣יא | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| וְסֹרָ֑רֶת | vesoraret | and rebellious | H5637 → | |
| בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ | beveitah | in house her | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ | yishkenu | they stay | H7931 → | 129 times |
| רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ | ragleiha | feet her | H7272 → | 247 times |
הֹמִיָּ֣ה[is] boisterous
homiyahH1993 →34 times
הִ֣יאshe
hi'H1931 →1879 times
וְסֹרָ֑רֶתand rebellious
vesoraretH5637 →
בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּin house her
beveitahH1004 →2046 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּthey stay
yishkenuH7931 →129 times
רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃feet her
ragleihaH7272 →247 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
it leads to
- Proverbs 31:10–31
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- 1 Timothy 5:13–14
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
- 1 Peter 3:1–5
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
- 1 Timothy 5:10
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- Proverbs 31:10–31
Through
Genesis 18:9“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
it leads to
- Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- Titus 2:5
Through
Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
it leads to
- Proverbs 5:6
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- Proverbs 21:19
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- Proverbs 5:6
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, On Cain and Abel; Bede, Commentary on Proverbs; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).