²⁶ For ^(A)the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,
And ^[a]an adulteress ^(B)hunts for a precious life.

^26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes ^[a](B)delight in my ways.
²⁷ For a prostitute is a ^(C)deep pit,
And a ^[b](D)strange woman is a narrow well.
²⁸ Certainly she ^(E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the treacherous among mankind.