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Proverbs 7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Proverbs 7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The False Attractions of Adultery
7 My child, keep my words
and store up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments and live,
keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister’,
and call insight your intimate friend,
5 that they may keep you from the loose[a] woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
7 and I saw among the simple ones,
I observed among the youths,
a young man without sense,
8 passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
at the time of night and darkness.
10 Then a woman comes towards him,
decked out like a prostitute, wily of heart.[b]
11 She is loud and wayward;
her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with impudent face she says to him:
14 ‘I had to offer sacrifices,
and today I have paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!
16 I have decked my couch with coverings,
coloured spreads of Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him;
he will not come home until full moon.’
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 Right away he follows her,
and goes like an ox to the slaughter,
or bounds like a stag towards the trap[c]
23 until an arrow pierces its entrails.
He is like a bird rushing into a snare,
not knowing that it will cost him his life.
24 And now, my children, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Do not let your hearts turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths.
26 For many are those she has laid low,
and numerous are her victims.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Heb strange
- Proverbs 7:10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Proverbs 7:22 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 7
New International Version
Proverbs 7
New International Version
Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
7 My son,(A) keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
2 Keep my commands and you will live;(B)
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.(C)
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(D)
6 At the window of my house
I looked down through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.(E)
8 He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house
9 at twilight,(F) as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is unruly(G) and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)(H)
13 She took hold of him(I) and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:(J)
14 “Today I fulfilled my vows,
and I have food from my fellowship offering(K) at home.
15 So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed(L)
with myrrh,(M) aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!(N)
19 My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(O)
22 All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](P)
23 till an arrow pierces(Q) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.(R)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Мудр 7
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Мудр 7
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Предостережение против развратной женщины
7 Сын мой, храни мои слова
и повеления мои береги.
2 Соблюдай мои повеления – и будешь жить;
храни моё наставление, как зеницу ока твоего.
3 На пальцы его навяжи,
напиши на сердце своём.
4 Скажи мудрости: «Ты сестра мне» –
и назови разум своим близким родственником.
5 Они сохранят тебя от чужой жены,
от жены другого с её обольщающими словами.
6 В доме моём я смотрел в окно
сквозь решётку оконную.
7 Я увидел среди простаков,
заметил среди молодых людей
неразумного юношу.
8 Проходил он по улице рядом с её углом,
путь держа к её дому,
9 в сумерки, когда вечерело,
и ложилась ночная тьма.
10 И навстречу ему вышла женщина,
как блудница одетая,
с сердцем коварным.
11 (Шумна она и упряма;
ноги её не задерживаются дома –
12 то на улице, то на площадях,
то на каждом углу ждёт в засаде.)
13 Она схватила его, поцеловала
и сказала с бесстыдным лицом:
14 «Я сегодня исполнила свои обеты, принеся жертву примирения,
и часть жертвенного мяса я приготовила для пира.[a]
15 Вот я и вышла тебе навстречу;
я искала тебя и теперь нашла!
16 Я покрыла мою постель
разноцветными тканями из Египта.
17 Надушила я ложе моё
миррой, алоэ[b] и корицей.
18 Пойдём, до утра насладимся любовью,
натешимся ласками!
19 Мужа моего нет дома –
он отправился в долгий путь.
20 Он взял с собой кошелёк с серебром –
не вернётся до дня полнолуния».
21 Множеством убедительных слов она его увлекла,
соблазнила его льстивой своей речью.
22 И он тотчас за ней пошёл,
как вол, что идёт на убой,
как олень – на выстрел,
23 пока стрела не пронзит ему печень.
Он как птица, что в сеть стремится
и не знает, что там ей – смерть.
24 Итак, сыновья, послушайте меня;
внимайте тому, что я скажу.
25 Не давайте сердцу свернуть на пути её,
не блуждайте по её тропам.
26 Многих повергла она сражёнными;
многочисленны её жертвы.
27 Дом её – путь в мир мёртвых,
уводящий в покои смерти.
Footnotes
- Мудр 7:14 Ср. Лев. 7:12-18.
- Мудр 7:17 Мирра (смирна) – приятно пахнущая смола растущего в Аравии растения. Алоэ – источающее ароматную смолу дерево, родиной которого является Индокитай, использовалось как благовоние, а также при бальзамировании. Не имеет ничего общего с общеизвестным обыкновенным алоэ.
Proverbs 7
King James Version
Proverbs 7
King James Version
7 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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