²⁰ Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with ^(A)a forbidden woman
    and embrace the bosom of ^(B)an adulteress?^[a]

⁵ to keep you from ^(A)the forbidden^[a] woman,
    from ^(B)the adulteress^[b] with her smooth words.

²⁴ to preserve you from the evil woman,^[a]
    from the smooth tongue of ^(A)the adulteress.^[b]

³³ Your eyes will see strange things,
    and your heart utter ^(A)perverse things.

²⁷ For a prostitute is ^(A)a deep pit;
    ^(B)an adulteress^[a] is a narrow ^(C)well.
^28 (D)She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the traitors among mankind.