Proverbs 11:22

NETBible

Like a gold ring 1  in a pig’s snout 2  is 3  a beautiful woman who rejects 4  discretion. 5 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

NLT ©

A woman who is beautiful but lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

MSG ©

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful face on an empty head.

BBE ©

Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

NRSV ©

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without good sense.

NKJV ©

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.

KJV
[As] a jewel
<05141>
of gold
<02091>
in a swine's
<02386>
snout
<0639>_,
[so is] a fair
<03303>
woman
<0802>
which is without
<05493> (8802)
discretion
<02940>_.
{is without: Heb. departeth from}
NASB ©
As
a ring
<5141>
of gold
<2091>
in a swine's
<2386>
snout
<639>

So is
a beautiful
<3303>
woman
<802>
who lacks
<5493>
discretion
<2940>
.
LXXM
wsper
<3746> 
ADV
enwtion {N-ASN} en
<1722> 
PREP
rini {N-DSF} uov
<5300> 
N-GSM
outwv
<3778> 
ADV
gunaiki
<1135> 
N-DSF
kakofroni {A-DSM} kallov {N-ASN}
NET [draft] ITL
Like a gold
<02091>
ring
<05141>
in a pig’s
<02386>
snout
<0639>
is a beautiful
<03303>
woman
<0802>
who rejects
<05493>
discretion
<02940>
.
HEBREW
Mej
<02940>
trow
<05493>
hpy
<03303>
hsa
<0802>
ryzx
<02386>
Pab
<0639>
bhz
<02091>
Mzn (11:22)
<05141>
NETBible

Like a gold ring 1  in a pig’s snout 2  is 3  a beautiful woman who rejects 4  discretion. 5 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “a ring of gold.” The noun זָהָב (zahav, “gold”) is a genitive of material; the ring is made out of gold.

2 tn Heb “in a snout of a swine.” A beautiful ornament and a pig are as incongruous as a beautiful woman who has no taste or ethical judgment.

3 tn The verb “is” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.

4 tn Heb “turns away [from].”

5 tn Heb “taste.” The term can refer to physical taste (Exod 16:31), intellectual discretion (1 Sam 25:33), or ethical judgment (Ps 119:66). Here it probably means that she has no moral sensibility, no propriety, no good taste – she is unchaste. Her beauty will be put to wrong uses.