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


In Context

19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

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

23 The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.

24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no 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 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.