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She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />A foolish woman <i>is</i> clamorous: <i>she is</i> simple, and knoweth nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A foolish woman is clamorous; <i>She is</i> simple, and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A woman of foolishness is boisterous, <i>She has</i> a lack of understanding and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The woman of folly is boisterous, <i>She is</i> naive, and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The woman of foolishness is boisterous, <i>A woman of</i> simplicity, and does not know anything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The foolish woman is restless <i>and</i> noisy; She is naive <i>and</i> easily misled <i>and</i> thoughtless, and knows nothing at all [of eternal value].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Stupidity is reckless, senseless, and foolish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple, and knoweth nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The woman Stupidity is loud, gullible, and ignorant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A foolish woman [is] noisy, "" Simple, and has not known what.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A woman of folly being noisy, simple, and she knew not anything.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />A foolish and loud woman, who is full of enticements and who knows nothing at all,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Woman Folly is raucous, utterly foolish; she knows nothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He who denies things falsely feeds on winds and pursues fowl of the air; for he has forsaken the way to his vineyard and the paths of his labor, to journey in the wilderness without water; in the places that are trodden he travels thirsty and gains nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A woman deficient in mind is alluring and she knows no shame.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The woman Folly is riotous; She is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-13.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=1620" 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/9.htm">The Way of Folly</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">The woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/3687.htm" title="3687: kə·sî·lūṯ (N-fs) -- Stupidity. From kciyl; silliness.">named Folly</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/6615.htm" title="6615: pə·ṯay·yūṯ (N-fs) -- Simplicity. From pthiy; silliness.">she is naive</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">and knows</a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: ū·ḇal- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest.">nothing.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. "></a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,…<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/7-10.htm">Proverbs 7:10-12</a></span><br />Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. / She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. / Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">Proverbs 5:3-6</a></span><br />Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, / in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. / Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. ...<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="/proverbs/23-27.htm">Proverbs 23:27-28</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. / Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-22.htm">Proverbs 11:22</a></span><br />Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.<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/16-4.htm">Judges 16:4-21</a></span><br />Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. / The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” / So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” ...<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="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a></span><br />But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">2 Timothy 3:6-7</a></span><br />They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, / who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/5-6.htm">1 Timothy 5:6</a></span><br />But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.<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_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18-20</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. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11</a></b></br> (She <i>is</i> loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/21-9.htm">Proverbs 21:9,19</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/6-4.htm">1 Timothy 6:4</a></b></br> He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Clamorous</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-12.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm">Naive</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Noisy</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Riotous</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm">Simple</a> <a href="/psalms/94-8.htm">Stupid</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm">Thoughtless</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-11.htm">Undisciplined</a> <a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Wanton</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Clamorous</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-23.htm">Folly</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-1.htm">Foolish</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-16.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-14.htm">Loud</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm">Naive</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-1.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Noisy</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Riotous</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-5.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm">Simple</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-1.htm">Stupid</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm">Thoughtless</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-7.htm">Undisciplined</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Wanton</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-1.htm">The discipline</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm">and the doctrine of wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">The custom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm">and error of folly</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/9.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/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The woman named Folly is loud;</b><br>In the book of Proverbs, personification is a common literary device used to convey wisdom and folly as women. Here, Folly is depicted as loud, suggesting a brash and attention-seeking nature. This contrasts with the quiet and gentle spirit often associated with wisdom (<a href="/proverbs/9.htm">Proverbs 9:1-6</a>). The loudness of Folly can be seen as a metaphor for the pervasive and intrusive nature of foolishness in human life. In biblical times, loudness was often associated with a lack of self-control and discernment, qualities that are antithetical to the wisdom that Proverbs advocates. This phrase warns against the seductive and overwhelming presence of folly in the world.<p><b>she is naive</b><br>The term "naive" indicates a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, naivety was often linked to youth and inexperience, but here it is used to describe a deeper spiritual and moral deficiency. This naivety is not merely a lack of knowledge but a willful ignorance of God's ways. The Bible frequently contrasts the naive with the wise, urging believers to seek understanding and discernment (<a href="/proverbs/1-4.htm">Proverbs 1:4, 14</a>:15). The naive nature of Folly suggests that she is easily led astray and leads others astray, lacking the depth and insight that come from a relationship with God.<p><b>and knows nothing.</b><br>This phrase underscores the complete absence of true knowledge and understanding in Folly. In the biblical worldview, knowledge is not just intellectual but deeply connected to the fear of the Lord (<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>). To "know nothing" is to be devoid of this foundational wisdom. The Bible often equates knowing God with life and righteousness (<a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Jeremiah 9:23-24</a>, <a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a>). Thus, Folly's ignorance is not just a lack of information but a spiritual blindness and separation from God. This serves as a stark warning to the reader about the dangers of ignoring divine wisdom and the consequences of living a life disconnected from God's truth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman_named_folly.htm">The Woman Named Folly</a></b><br>In Proverbs, Folly is personified as a woman who embodies foolishness and lack of wisdom. She is depicted as loud and ignorant, contrasting with the personification of Wisdom earlier in the chapter.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>Traditionally considered the author of Proverbs, Solomon was known for his wisdom. He uses vivid imagery and personification to convey moral and spiritual lessons.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/ancient_israel.htm">Ancient Israel</a></b><br>The cultural and historical context of Proverbs is ancient Israel, where wisdom literature was a key component of teaching and moral instruction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_ignorance.htm">The Dangers of Ignorance</a></b><br>Folly is characterized by loudness and ignorance. In our lives, we must be cautious of voices that are loud but lack substance and truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_discernment.htm">The Importance of Discernment</a></b><br>Just as Folly is naive and knows nothing, we must strive for discernment and understanding, seeking wisdom from God and His Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_wisdom.htm">The Call to Wisdom</a></b><br>Proverbs contrasts Folly with Wisdom, urging us to choose the path of wisdom, which leads to life and understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_deception.htm">Guarding Against Deception</a></b><br>Folly's loudness can be deceptive. We must guard our hearts and minds against the allure of foolishness and seek truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pursuing_godly_wisdom.htm">Pursuing Godly Wisdom</a></b><br>In a world filled with noise and distractions, pursuing godly wisdom is essential for living a life that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_use_personification_over_concrete_proof.htm">Proverbs 9:13–18 presents Folly as another woman calling out to the naive. Why rely on personification instead of providing concrete historical or scientific validations for these moral teachings?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_proverbs_view_wise_vs._foolish_women.htm">How do Proverbs contrast wise and foolish women?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_proverbs_9_17_suggest_theft's_allure.htm">Proverbs 9:17 suggests stolen water is sweet. Does this imply that forbidden acts have inherent appeal, and how does this reconcile with other passages condemning theft? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_joppa's_role_in_the_bible.htm">How can you avoid the false cause fallacy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">A foolish woman.--</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">the Foolish woman; </span>Folly personified, in opposition to Wisdom described above.<p><span class= "bld">Clamorous.</span>--Not of dignified mien, as her rival.<p><span class= "bld">Simple.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">simplicity, i.e., </span>she is simplicity itself.<p><span class= "bld">And knoweth nothing.--</span>And so leaves room for all evil to enter in and dwell with her (<a href="/matthew/12-45.htm" title="Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation.">Matthew 12:45</a>); thus she perishes, like Israel, for "lack of knowledge" (<a href="/hosea/4-6.htm" title="My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.">Hosea 4:6</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-18.</span> - This section contains the invitation of Folly, the rival of Wisdom, represented under the guise of an adulteress (<a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Proverbs 2:16</a>; <a href="/proverbs/5-3.htm">Proverbs 5:3</a>, etc.; Proverbs 6:24, etc.; Proverbs 7.). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I foolish woman;</span> literally, <span class="accented">the woman of folly</span>, the genitive being that of apposition, so that this may well be rendered, in order to make the contrast with Wisdom more marked, "the woman Folly." She is regarded as a real person; and between her and Virtue man has to make his choice. Is <span class="cmt_word">clamorous;</span> turbulent and animated by passion (as <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Proverbs 7:11</a>), quite different from her calm, dignified rival. She is <span class="cmt_word">simple</span>; Hebrew, "simplicity," in a bad sense; she has no preservative against evil, no moral fibre to resist temptation. <span class="cmt_word">And knoweth nothing</span> which she ought to know. Ignorance is the natural accompaniment of Folly: in this case it is wilful and persistent; she goes on her way reckless of consequences. Septuagint, "A woman foolish and bold, who knows not shame, comes to want a morsel." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/9-13.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">The woman</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">named Folly</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּ֭סִילוּת</span> <span class="translit">(kə·sî·lūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3687.htm">Strong's 3687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silliness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is loud;</span><br /><span class="heb">הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה</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">[she is] naive</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת</span> <span class="translit">(pə·ṯay·yūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6615.htm">Strong's 6615: </a> </span><span class="str2">Simplicity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and knows</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֥דְעָה</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nothing.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1077.htm">Strong's 1077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure, nothing, not at all, lest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 9:13 The foolish woman is loud Undisciplined (Prov. 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