Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
New American Standard Bible
So is a beautiful woman who lacks
King James Version
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Holman Bible
is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
A Conservative Version
A ring of gold in a swine's snout, [is] a fair woman who is without discretion.
American Standard Version
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,'so is a fair woman that is without discretion.
Amplified
As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout,
So is a beautiful woman who is without discretion [her lack of character mocks her beauty].
Bible in Basic English
Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.
Darby Translation
A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.
Julia Smith Translation
A ring of gold in the nose of a swine, a fair woman and she departed from discernment
King James 2000
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who is without discretion.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A ring of gold in [the] snout of a pig [is] a woman [who is] beautiful but without discretion.
Modern King James verseion
Like a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who turns aside discretion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A fair woman without discreet manners, is like a ring of gold in a swine's snout.
NET Bible
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
New Heart English Bible
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
The Emphasized Bible
As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.
Webster
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.
World English Bible
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Youngs Literal Translation
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 11:22
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Proverbs Of Solomon
21 Be sure of this: the wicked will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will go free. 22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.
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Genesis 24:47
"That's when I asked, "Whose daughter are you?' "She replied, "I'm the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore for him.'
Proverbs 7:10
Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.
Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge.
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful and beauty fades; but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised.
Ezekiel 16:15-22
"But you trusted in your beauty. You did what whores do, as a result of your fame. You passed out your sexual favors to anyone who passed by, giving yourself to anyone.
Nahum 3:4-6
Innumerable are the harlotries of this well-favored whore, this mistress of witchcraft, who enslaves nations through her fornication and families through her sorcery.
1 Peter 3:3-4
Your beauty should not be an external one, consisting of braided hair or the wearing of gold ornaments and dresses.
2 Peter 2:22
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."