She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
Parallel translations
- WEB She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
- KJV (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
- NKJV She was loud and rebellious, Her feet would not stay at home.
- NASB She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;
- NLT She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home.
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Quick answer
She is brazen and restless, refusing to stay quietly at home. Her loud defiance marks her rebellious character.
Overview
The woman is described as loud, willful, and unsettled, never content within her household. Her restlessness contrasts sharply with the quiet faithfulness wisdom commends. The portrait warns that her character itself signals the danger she poses.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Prov 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Titus 2:5to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- Prov 31:10–31A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
- 1 Tim 5:13–14At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
- Prov 25:24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Prov 27:14–15If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
- Gen 18:9“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
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