She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay 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:
- BSB She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
- 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;
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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 foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
- Titus 2:5to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
- Prov 31:10–31Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
- 1 Tim 5:13–14Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
- Prov 25:24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Prov 27:14–15He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
- Gen 18:9They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “See, in the tent.”
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