Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman ¹  builds ²  her household, ³  but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

biblegateway Pro 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

biblegateway Pro 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

biblegateway Pro 14:1

A wise woman builds her house; a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.

biblegateway Pro 14:1

Lady Wisdom builds a lovely home; Sir Fool comes along and tears it down brick by brick.

SABDAweb Pro 14:1

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

bibleoremus Pro 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

biblegateway Pro 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.

biblegateway Pro 14:1

Every wise woman ¹  builds ²  her household, ³  but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

¹ tn Heb “wise ones of women.” The construct phrase חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים (khakhmot nashim) features a wholistic genitive: “wise women.” The plural functions in a distributive sense: “every wise woman.” The contrast is between wise and foolish women (e.g., Prov 7:10-23; 31:10-31).

² tn The perfect tense verb in the first colon functions in a gnomic sense, while the imperfect tense in the second colon is a habitual imperfect.

³ tn Heb “house.” This term functions as a synecdoche of container (= house) for contents (= household, family).