Proverbs 9:13 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 9:13 NIV (New International Version)
Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:13 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:13 NLT (New Living Translation)
The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
Proverbs 9:13 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:13 KJV (King James Version)
A foolish woman is clamorous: She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 9:13 NKJV (New King James Version)
A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:13-18 MSG (The Message)
Then there’s this other woman, Madame Prostitute— brazen, empty-headed, frivolous. She sits on the front porch of her house on Main Street, And as people walk by minding their own business, calls out, “Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on? Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time! No one will ever know—I’ll give you the time of your life.” But they don’t know about all the skeletons in her closet, that all her guests end up in hell.
Proverbs 9:13 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
¶A woman of foolishness is boisterous, She has a lack of understanding and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:13 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶The foolish woman is restless and noisy; She is naive and easily misled and thoughtless, and knows nothing at all [of eternal value].
Proverbs 9:13 NET (New English Translation)
The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.