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her feet do not stay at home;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />(She <i>is</i> loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />She <i>was</i> loud and rebellious, Her feet would not stay at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />She is boisterous and rebellious; Her feet do not remain at home;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not dwell at home;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She was boisterous and rebellious; She would not stay at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She is loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She is loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />She was one of those women who are loud and restless and never stay at home, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />She is clamorous, and wilful; her feet abide not in her house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She is brazen and defiant— her feet don't remain at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She is loud and defiant. Her feet do not stay in her house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />She [is] noisy, and stubborn, her feet do not rest in her house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />She being noisy and perverse; her feet will not dwell in her house:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />unwilling to bear silence, unable to keep her feet at home,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She is raucous and unruly, her feet cannot stay at home; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />She is rebellious and gluttonous; her feet do not abide in her house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />She is rebellious and a prodigal, and her feet do not rest in her house,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />She is riotous and rebellious, Her feet abide not in her house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/7-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1194" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Warnings about the Adulteress</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">She</a> <a href="/hebrew/1993.htm" title="1993: hō·mî·yāh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to make a loud sound like Engl. hum); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor.">is loud</a> <a href="/hebrew/5637.htm" title="5637: wə·sō·rā·reṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- Stubborn or rebellious. A primitive root; to turn away, i.e. be refractory.">and defiant;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·le·hā (N-fdc:: 3fs) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">her feet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: yiš·kə·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">remain</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇê·ṯāh (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">at home.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13</a></span><br />The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm">Proverbs 5:6</a></span><br />She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Proverbs 2:16-19</a></span><br />It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-24.htm">Proverbs 6:24-26</a></span><br />to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-26.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:26</a></span><br />And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/16-1.htm">Judges 16:1-22</a></span><br />One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her. / When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.” / But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/39-7.htm">Genesis 39:7-12</a></span><br />and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-30.htm">Ezekiel 16:30-34</a></span><br />How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! / But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. / You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-4</a></span><br />Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, / but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10</a></span><br />Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, / but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:</p><p class="hdg">loud</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13</a></b></br> A foolish woman <i>is</i> clamorous: <i>she is</i> simple, and knoweth nothing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/25-24.htm">Proverbs 25:24</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm">Proverbs 27:14,15</a></b></br> He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him… </p><p class="hdg">her feet</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-9.htm">Genesis 18:9</a></b></br> And they said unto him, Where <i>is</i> Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/5-13.htm">1 Timothy 5:13,14</a></b></br> And withal they learn <i>to be</i> idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Titus 2:5</a></b></br> <i>To be</i> discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-91.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/matthew/14-30.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Clamorous</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-8.htm">Defiant</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-28.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-33.htm">Home</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/psalms/150-5.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/psalms/100-1.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-21.htm">Noisy</a> <a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Riotous</a> <a href="/psalms/81-12.htm">Stubborn</a> <a href="/psalms/78-8.htm">Uncontrolled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-20.htm">Unmanageable</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-5.htm">Wayward</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Wilful</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/15-31.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Clamorous</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-8.htm">Defiant</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-2.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-20.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-14.htm">Home</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-19.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Noisy</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-11.htm">Rebellious</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-5.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Riotous</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Stubborn</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-20.htm">Uncontrolled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-18.htm">Unmanageable</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-20.htm">Wayward</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Wilful</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-1.htm">Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm">In an example of his own experience he shows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">the cunning of a harlot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-24.htm">He detests such wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>She is loud and defiant;</b><br>This phrase describes a woman characterized by a lack of discretion and rebelliousness. In the biblical context, loudness often symbolizes a lack of self-control and wisdom, contrasting with the quiet and gentle spirit praised in other scriptures (<a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm">1 Peter 3:4</a>). The defiance indicates a willful rejection of societal norms and divine commandments, reminiscent of Israel's frequent rebellion against God (<a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a>). This behavior is contrary to the Proverbs' ideal of a wise and virtuous woman, who is described as having strength and dignity (<a href="/proverbs/31-25.htm">Proverbs 31:25</a>). The cultural context of ancient Israel valued modesty and obedience, especially in women, making this depiction a warning against such traits.<p><b>her feet do not remain at home.</b><br>This phrase suggests restlessness and a lack of contentment with one's domestic responsibilities. In ancient Israel, a woman's primary domain was the home, where she was expected to manage household affairs and nurture her family (<a href="/proverbs/31-27.htm">Proverbs 31:27</a>). The imagery of wandering feet implies a pursuit of illicit activities and a neglect of familial duties, echoing the warnings against adultery and unfaithfulness found throughout Proverbs (<a href="/proverbs/5-8.htm">Proverbs 5:8</a>). This restlessness can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual unfaithfulness, as Israel often strayed from God to pursue other deities (<a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5</a>). Theologically, it serves as a caution against the dangers of leaving one's God-given role and responsibilities, highlighting the importance of faithfulness and stability.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_adulterous_woman.htm">The Adulterous Woman</a></b><br>This verse is part of a larger passage warning against the seduction of an adulterous woman. She is portrayed as a personification of temptation and folly, leading others away from wisdom and righteousness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The author of Proverbs, traditionally believed to be King Solomon, who is imparting wisdom to his son and, by extension, to all readers. His teachings often contrast wisdom with folly.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_streets.htm">The Streets</a></b><br>While not explicitly mentioned in this verse, the context of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Proverbs 7</a> describes the woman as being in the streets, symbolizing a place of danger and temptation away from the safety of home.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_defiance.htm">The Dangers of Defiance</a></b><br>Defiance against God's wisdom leads to spiritual and moral peril. We must guard our hearts against influences that encourage rebellion against God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_home.htm">The Importance of Home</a></b><br>The home is a place of safety and godly instruction. We should strive to cultivate a home environment that reflects God's love and wisdom, avoiding the temptations that lure us away.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_modesty_and_self-control.htm">The Call to Modesty and Self-Control</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to live lives marked by modesty and self-control, reflecting the character of Christ rather than the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_temptation.htm">Guarding Against Temptation</a></b><br>We must be vigilant in recognizing and avoiding situations and relationships that could lead us away from God's path.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_wisdom_in_relationships.htm">The Role of Wisdom in Relationships</a></b><br>Wisdom should guide our interactions and relationships, helping us to discern and avoid those that could lead us into sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_excel_in_everything_we_do.htm">Where can wise counsel be found?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_colonialism_and_imperialism_differ.htm">What makes a righteous man's prayer powerful and effective?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_proverbs_7_6-12_literal_or_symbolic.htm">Does the street-roaming seductress in Proverbs 7:6-12 reflect actual ancient customs or serve only as a symbolic warning?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/two_or_three_witnesses_needed.htm">When should you search and when should you give up?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">Her feet</span> <span class= "bld">abide not in her house.--</span>She is not a "keeper at home," as St. Paul (<a href="/titus/2-5.htm" title="To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.">Titus 2:5</a>) would have Christian matrons to be.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">She is loud;</span> boisterous, clamorous, as <a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13</a>. The description applies to a brute beast at certain periods. Stubborn; ungovernable, like an animal that will not bear the yoke (<a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Hosea 4:16</a>). Vulgate, <span class="accented">garrula et vaga</span>, "talkative and unsettled;" Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἀνεπτερωμένη καὶ</span> <span class="greek">ἄσωτος</span>, "flighty and debauched." <span class="cmt_word">Her feet abide not in her house.</span> She is the opposite of the careful, modest housewife, who stays at home and manages her family affairs (<a href="/titus/2-5.htm">Titus 2:5</a>). The Vulgate inserts another trait: <span class="accented">quietis impatiens</span>, "always restless." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/7-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">She</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֣יא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is loud</span><br /><span class="heb">הֹמִיָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(hō·mî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1993.htm">Strong's 1993: </a> </span><span class="str2">To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and defiant;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְסֹרָ֑רֶת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sō·rā·reṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5637.htm">Strong's 5637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn away, be refractory</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remain</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·kə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7931.htm">Strong's 7931: </a> </span><span class="str2">To settle down, abide, dwell</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at home.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇê·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:11 She is loud and defiant (Prov. 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