Proverbs 7:11
New International Version
(She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;

New Living Translation
She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home.

English Standard Version
She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;

Berean Standard Bible
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

King James Bible
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

New King James Version
She was loud and rebellious, Her feet would not stay at home.

New American Standard Bible
She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;

NASB 1995
She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;

NASB 1977
She is boisterous and rebellious; Her feet do not remain at home;

Legacy Standard Bible
She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not dwell at home;

Amplified Bible
She was boisterous and rebellious; She would not stay at home.

Christian Standard Bible
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home.

American Standard Version
(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

Contemporary English Version
She was one of those women who are loud and restless and never stay at home,

English Revised Version
She is clamorous, and wilful; her feet abide not in her house:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay at home.

Good News Translation
She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets

International Standard Version
She is brazen and defiant— her feet don't remain at home.

Majority Standard Bible
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.

NET Bible
(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home--

New Heart English Bible
She is loud and defiant. Her feet do not stay in her house.

Webster's Bible Translation
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

World English Bible
She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
She [is] noisy, and stubborn, her feet do not rest in her house.

Young's Literal Translation
Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

Smith's Literal Translation
She being noisy and perverse; her feet will not dwell in her house:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,

Catholic Public Domain Version
unwilling to bear silence, unable to keep her feet at home,

New American Bible
She is raucous and unruly, her feet cannot stay at home;

New Revised Standard Version
She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
She is rebellious and gluttonous; her feet do not abide in her house;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
She is rebellious and a prodigal, and her feet do not rest in her house,
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
She is riotous and rebellious, Her feet abide not in her house;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. 11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. 12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.…

Cross References
Proverbs 9:13
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Proverbs 5:6
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

Proverbs 2:16-19
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ...

Proverbs 6:24-26
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Judges 16:1-22
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her. / When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.” / But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron. ...

Genesis 39:7-12
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” ...

1 Kings 11:1-4
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ...

Jeremiah 3:6-10
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...

Ezekiel 16:30-34
How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! / But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. / You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! ...

Matthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

1 Peter 3:3-4
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, / but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Timothy 2:9-10
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, / but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.


Treasury of Scripture

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

loud

Proverbs 9:13
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Proverbs 27:14,15
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him…

her feet

Genesis 18:9
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

1 Timothy 5:13,14
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not…

Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Jump to Previous
Abide Boisterous Clamorous Defiant Feet Full Home House Loud Noise Noisy Rebellious Rest Riotous Stubborn Uncontrolled Unmanageable Wayward Wilful
Jump to Next
Abide Boisterous Clamorous Defiant Feet Full Home House Loud Noise Noisy Rebellious Rest Riotous Stubborn Uncontrolled Unmanageable Wayward Wilful
Proverbs 7
1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6. In an example of his own experience he shows
10. the cunning of a harlot
22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24. He detests such wickedness














She is loud and defiant;
This phrase describes a woman characterized by a lack of discretion and rebelliousness. In the biblical context, loudness often symbolizes a lack of self-control and wisdom, contrasting with the quiet and gentle spirit praised in other scriptures (1 Peter 3:4). The defiance indicates a willful rejection of societal norms and divine commandments, reminiscent of Israel's frequent rebellion against God (Isaiah 30:9). This behavior is contrary to the Proverbs' ideal of a wise and virtuous woman, who is described as having strength and dignity (Proverbs 31:25). The cultural context of ancient Israel valued modesty and obedience, especially in women, making this depiction a warning against such traits.

her feet do not remain at home.
This phrase suggests restlessness and a lack of contentment with one's domestic responsibilities. In ancient Israel, a woman's primary domain was the home, where she was expected to manage household affairs and nurture her family (Proverbs 31:27). The imagery of wandering feet implies a pursuit of illicit activities and a neglect of familial duties, echoing the warnings against adultery and unfaithfulness found throughout Proverbs (Proverbs 5:8). This restlessness can also be seen as a metaphor for spiritual unfaithfulness, as Israel often strayed from God to pursue other deities (Hosea 2:5). Theologically, it serves as a caution against the dangers of leaving one's God-given role and responsibilities, highlighting the importance of faithfulness and stability.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Adulterous Woman
This verse is part of a larger passage warning against the seduction of an adulterous woman. She is portrayed as a personification of temptation and folly, leading others away from wisdom and righteousness.

2. Solomon
The author of Proverbs, traditionally believed to be King Solomon, who is imparting wisdom to his son and, by extension, to all readers. His teachings often contrast wisdom with folly.

3. The Streets
While not explicitly mentioned in this verse, the context of Proverbs 7 describes the woman as being in the streets, symbolizing a place of danger and temptation away from the safety of home.
Teaching Points
The Dangers of Defiance
Defiance against God's wisdom leads to spiritual and moral peril. We must guard our hearts against influences that encourage rebellion against God's commands.

The Importance of Home
The home is a place of safety and godly instruction. We should strive to cultivate a home environment that reflects God's love and wisdom, avoiding the temptations that lure us away.

The Call to Modesty and Self-Control
As believers, we are called to live lives marked by modesty and self-control, reflecting the character of Christ rather than the world.

Guarding Against Temptation
We must be vigilant in recognizing and avoiding situations and relationships that could lead us away from God's path.

The Role of Wisdom in Relationships
Wisdom should guide our interactions and relationships, helping us to discern and avoid those that could lead us into sin.(11) Her feet abide not in her house.--She is not a "keeper at home," as St. Paul (Titus 2:5) would have Christian matrons to be.

Verse 11. - She is loud; boisterous, clamorous, as Proverbs 9:13. The description applies to a brute beast at certain periods. Stubborn; ungovernable, like an animal that will not bear the yoke (Hosea 4:16). Vulgate, garrula et vaga, "talkative and unsettled;" Septuagint, ἀνεπτερωμένη καὶ ἄσωτος, "flighty and debauched." Her feet abide not in her house. She is the opposite of the careful, modest housewife, who stays at home and manages her family affairs (Titus 2:5). The Vulgate inserts another trait: quietis impatiens, "always restless."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
She
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is loud
הֹמִיָּ֣ה (hō·mî·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1993: To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor

and defiant;
וְסֹרָ֑רֶת (wə·sō·rā·reṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory

her feet
רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃ (raḡ·le·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

do not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

remain
יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ (yiš·kə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell

at home.
בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ (bə·ḇê·ṯāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1004: A house


Links
Proverbs 7:11 NIV
Proverbs 7:11 NLT
Proverbs 7:11 ESV
Proverbs 7:11 NASB
Proverbs 7:11 KJV

Proverbs 7:11 BibleApps.com
Proverbs 7:11 Biblia Paralela
Proverbs 7:11 Chinese Bible
Proverbs 7:11 French Bible
Proverbs 7:11 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:11 She is loud and defiant (Prov. Pro Pr)
Proverbs 7:10
Top of Page
Top of Page