KJV ORIGINAL
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
A foolish woman is loud and disruptive: she lacks understanding and knows nothing of value.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse contrasts a foolish woman with the wise woman described earlier in the chapter, showing how foolishness leads to loud, empty behavior without real understanding.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from a chapter in Proverbs that contrasts Lady Wisdom with Lady Folly, two symbolic women representing different life paths. In ancient Hebrew culture, wisdom literature often used feminine personifications to represent abstract concepts, and this verse describes the character of foolishness as loud but lacking substance.
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