Proverbs Chapter 11 verse 22 Holy Bible
`As' a ring of gold in a swine's snout, `So is' a fair woman that is without discretion.
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Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.
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A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
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As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
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Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, Is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
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A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
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Proverbs 11 : 22 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - This is the first instance of direct "similitude" in the book. As a jewel [a ring] of gold in a swine's snout. The greatest incongruity is thus expressed. Women in the East wore, and still sometimes wear, a ring run through the nostril, and hanging over the mouth, so that it is necessary to hold it up when taking food. Such a nezem Abraham's servant gave to Rebekah (Genesis 24:22; comp. Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12). The Septuagint has ἐνώτιον, "an earring." So is a fair woman which is without discretion; without taste, deprived of the faculty of saying and doing what is seemly and fitting. The external beauty of such a woman is as incongruous as a precious ring in the snout of a pig. Lesetre quotes an Arab proverb: "A woman without modesty is food without salt." Whether swine in Eastern countries were "ringed," as they are with us nowadays, is unknown; if they were thus treated, the proverb is still more vivid.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout.--Rather, a nose-ring run through the right nostril and hanging down over the mouth; a female ornament used from the earliest times (Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12), and still worn in the East.