22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.


In Context

19 The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death.

20 The Lord detests men of perverse heart but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.

22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

Proverbs 11:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:22[As] a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:22A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:22As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,'so is a fair woman that is without discretion.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22A fair woman who is without discretion, is as a gold ring in a swine's snout.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:22A ring of gold in the nose of a sow — A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:22As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.