Proverbs 9:13

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

The foolish woman is coarse; she doesn't think, and she doesn't know a thing.

Berean Standard Bible:

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

American Standard Version:

The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

A foolish{H3687} woman{H802} is clamorous{H1993}: she is simple{H6615}, and{H1077} knoweth{H3045} nothing{H4100}.

Cross-References (KJV):

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].

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 21:19

  • ¶ [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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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Commentary for Proverbs 9:13

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3687
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כְּסִילוּת
    Transliteration: kᵉçîylûwth
    Pronunciation: kes-eel-ooth'
    Description: from כְּסִיל; silliness; foolish.
  2. Strong's Number: H802
    There are 729 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אִשָּׁה
    Transliteration: ʼishshâh
    Pronunciation: ish-shaw'
    Description: feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  3. Strong's Number: H1993
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָמָה
    Transliteration: hâmâh
    Pronunciation: haw-maw'
    Description: a primitive root (compare הוּם); to make a loud sound (like English 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor; clamorous, concourse, cry aloud, be disquieted, loud, mourn, be moved, make a noise, rage, roar, sound, be troubled, make in tumult, tumultuous, be in an uproar.
  4. Strong's Number: H6615
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פְּתַיּוּת
    Transliteration: pᵉthayûwth
    Pronunciation: peth-ah-yooth'
    Description: from פְּתִי; silliness (i.e. seducibility); simple.
  5. Strong's Number: H1077
    There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּל
    Transliteration: bal
    Pronunciation: bal
    Description: from בָּלָה; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest; lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.
  6. Strong's Number: H3045
    There are 873 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָדַע
    Transliteration: yâdaʻ
    Pronunciation: yaw-dah'
    Description: a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
  7. Strong's Number: H4100
    There are 27 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָה
    Transliteration: mâh
    Pronunciation: maw
    Description: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.