Proverbs 22:13-15
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
13 The slacker says, ‘There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square! ’(A)
14 The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.(B)
15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.(C)
Proverbs 22:13-15
King James Version
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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Proverbs 22:13-15
New King James Version
13 (A)The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
14 (B)The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
(C)He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
(D)The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:13-15
English Standard Version
13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
14 The mouth of (B)forbidden[a] women is (C)a deep pit;
(D)he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but (E)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:14 Hebrew strange
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