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Proverbs 11:22
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A beautiful woman who rejects good senseis like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
As a ring of gold in a pig's snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
A beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
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].
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snoutSo is a beautiful woman who turns away from discretion.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
A beautiful woman who acts foolishly is like a gold ring on the snout of a pig.
Like a gold ring in the snout of a pig is a beautiful woman who lacks good sense.
A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
A beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's nose.
Like a ring of gold in a swines snout, so is a beautiful woman without discretion.
Beauty in a woman without good judgment is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
A ring of gold in the snout of a pig is a woman who is beautiful but without discretion.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a woman who is beautiful, yet turning aside discretion.
A fayre woman without discrete maners, is like a rynge of golde in a swynes snoute.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a fair woman that is without discretion.
Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that turneth aside from discretion.
As a iewell of golde in a swines snowt; so is a faire woman which is without discretion.
A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.
As an ornament in a swine’s snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
A goldun `sercle, ether ryng, in the `nose thrillis of a sowe, a womman fair and fool.
[As] a ring of gold in a swine's snout, [So is] a fair woman that is without discretion.
[As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman who is without discretion.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
A beautiful woman who does not think well is like a gold ring in the nose of a pig.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.
As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.
A golden ring in a swine’s snout, a woman fair and foolish.
Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful face on an empty head.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a jewel: Proverbs 31:30, Ezekiel 16:15-22, Nahum 3:4-6, 1 Peter 3:3, 1 Peter 3:4, 2 Peter 2:22
is without: Heb. departed from, Proverbs 7:10, Proverbs 9:13
Reciprocal: Matthew 7:6 - cast
Cross-References
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,.... The allusion seems to be to the ringing of swine, to prevent their rooting up the earth; which is usually done by putting an iron ring into their snout; which is much more proper and suitable than a gold ring, or a jewel set in gold, which is very unbecoming such a creature; and is soon had to the dunghill, or to some miry place, and there defiled;
[so is] a fair woman which is without discretion; or, "has departed from taste" y; from a taste of virtue and honour; lost all sense of modesty and chastity; forsaken her husband, and given up herself to the embraces of others. As her beauty is fitly expressed by a "jewel of gold", which is valuable and desirable, and, rightly placed and used, is ornamental; so she is properly represented by a swine, wallowing in the impurities of lust; to which her beauty was the snare, and whereby it is quickly sullied and lost. Jarchi applies this to a disciple of a wise man, or a scholar that departs from the good way, or from the law; which he explains by taste or sense: but it may be better applied to the scarlet whore, or apostate church of Rome; which has departed from Christ, once her professed husband; from the doctrines of the Gospel, and the ordinances of it; from all taste and savour of true religion; and even from common sense and right reason, as in the affair of transubstantiation, and other things; and may be fitly compared to a swine with a jewel of gold in its snout, being "decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls"; and yet "drunk with the blood of the saints", and "martyrs of Jesus"; and wallowing in all the faith of fornication, of idolatry, and superstition; as well as in all manner of other sins and iniquities, Revelation 17:4.
y ×סרת ××¢× Heb. "recedens a gusta", Piscator; "cujus recessit sapor", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The most direct proverb, in the sense of âsimilitude,â which has as yet met us.
Jewel of gold - Better, ring; i. e., the nose-ring Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21.
Without discretion - literally, âwithout taste,â void of the subtle tact and grace, without which mere outward beauty is as ill-bestowed as the nose-ring in the snout of the unclean beast. If we may assume that in ancient Syria, as in modern Europe, swine commonly wore such a ring to hinder them doing mischief, the similitude receives a fresh vividness.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 11:22. A jewel of gold in a swine's snout — That is, beauty in a woman destitute of good breeding and modest carriage, is as becoming as a gold ring on the snout of a swine. Coverdale translates thus: "A fayre woman without discrete maners, is like a ringe of golde in a swyne's snoute." In Asiatic countries the nose jewel is very common: to this the text alludes.
