Proverbs 9 · Verse 13

Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:13, King James Version

Proverbs 9:13 in other translations

BSB	The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
WEB	The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
ASV	The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
YLT	A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.
DARBY	The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
BBE	The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.
Webster	A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

What does Proverbs 9:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. foolish woman--or literally, "woman of folly," specially manifested by such as are described. clamorous--or, "noisy" (Pr 7:11). knoweth nothing--literally, "knoweth not what," that is, is right and proper.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 13 A foolish woman is clamorous - Vain, empty women, are those that make most noise. And she that is full of clamor, has generally little or no sense. We have had this character already, see Pro 7:11. The translation of the Septuagint is very remarkable: Γυνη αφρων και θρασεια, ενδεης ψωμου γινεται, "A lewd and foolish woman shall be in need of a morsel of bread."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 9:13-18

How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin! Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupifies conscience, and puts out the sparks of conviction. This tempter has no solid reason to offer; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many ways to withdraw our souls from Christ. Not only worldly lusts and abandoned seducers prove fatal to the souls of men; but false teachers, with doctrines that flatter pride and give liberty to lusts, destroy thousands. They especially draw off such as have received only partial serious impressions. The depths of Satan are depths of hell; and sin, without remorse, is ruin, ruin without remedy. Solomon shows the hook; those that believe him, will not meddle with the bait. Behold the wretched, empty, unsatisfying, deceitful, and stolen pleasure sin proposes; and may our souls be so desirous of the everlasting enjoyment of Christ, that on earth we may live to him, daily, by faith, and ere long be with him in glory.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 9:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.sheta woman ofH802

כְּ֭סִילוּתKe.si.lutfollyH3687

הֹֽמִיָּ֑הho.mi.Yah[is] boisterousH1993

פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּתpe.tai.YutnaiveteH6615

וּבַל\־u.val-and notH1077

יָ֥דְעָהYa.de.'ahshe knowsH3045

מָּֽה\׃MahwhateverH4100

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 9:13

Proverbs 7:11
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
1 Timothy 6:4
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

7:11; 21:9,19; 1Ti 6:4; *marg:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 9:13
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 9:14
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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Proverbs 9:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	La mujer loca es alborotadora; es simple é ignorante.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La femme folle est bruyante, elle est sotte, il n’y a pas de connaissance en elle.
German Elberfelder 1871	Frau Torheit ist leidenschaftlich; sie ist lauter Einfältigkeit und weiß gar nichts.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Mulier stulta et clamosa, plenaque illecebris, et nihil omnino sciens,