Proverbs 31:30

NETBible

Charm is deceitful 1  and beauty is fleeting, 2  but a woman who fears the Lord 3  will be praised.

NIV ©

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

NASB ©

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

NLT ©

Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised.

MSG ©

Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades. The woman to be admired and praised is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-GOD.

BBE ©

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

NRSV ©

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

NKJV ©

Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

KJV
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NETBible

Charm is deceitful 1  and beauty is fleeting, 2  but a woman who fears the Lord 3  will be praised.

NET Notes

1 tn The first word of the twenty-first line begins with שׁ (shin), the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The graphic distinction between שׁ (shin) and שׂ (sin) had not been made at the time the book of Proverbs was written; that graphic distinction was introduced by the Masoretes, ca. a.d. 1000.

2 sn The verse shows that “charm” and “beauty” do not endure as do those qualities that the fear of the Lord produces. Charm is deceitful: One may be disappointed in the character of the one with beauty. Beauty is vain (fleeting as a vapor): Physical appearance will not last. The writer is not saying these are worthless; he is saying there is something infinitely more valuable.

3 sn This chapter describes the wise woman as fearing the Lord. It is the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of wisdom – that was the motto of the book (1:7). Psalm 111:10 also repeats that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.