Proverbs 2:16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 2:16 Or foreign woman
Proverbs 2:16
Lexham English Bible
16 in order to deliver you from a strange woman,
from a foreign woman who flatters[a] with her sayings,
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 2:16 Or “makes smooth”
Proverbs 5:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are[a] smoother than oil,
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit her palate is
Proverbs 5:3
Lexham English Bible
3 For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey,
and smoother than oil is her mouth.[a]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 5:3 Or “palate”
Proverbs 5:20
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?(A)
Proverbs 5:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my child, by a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Proverbs 7:5-27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.(A)
A Story of Seduction
6 At the window of my house
I looked through my lattice.(B)
7 I saw among the inexperienced,[a]
I noticed among the youths,
a young man lacking sense.
8 Crossing the street near her corner,
he strolled down the road to her house
9 at twilight, in the evening,
in the dark of the night.(C)
10 A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,(D)
having a hidden agenda.[b]
11 She is loud and defiant;(E)
her feet do not stay at home.(F)
12 Now in the street, now in the squares,(G)
she lurks at every corner.(H)
13 She grabs him and kisses him;
she brazenly says[c] to him,
14 “I’ve made fellowship offerings;[d]
today I’ve fulfilled my vows.(I)
15 So I came out to meet you,
to search for you, and I’ve found you.
16 I’ve spread coverings on my bed(J)—
richly colored linen from Egypt.(K)
17 I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.(L)
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.(M)
Let’s feast on each other’s love!
19 My husband isn’t home;
he went on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”
21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering[e] talk.
22 He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap[f]
23 until an arrow pierces its[g] liver,(N)
like a bird darting into a snare(O)—
he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
24 Now, my sons, listen to me,
and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;
don’t stray onto her paths.(P)
26 For she has brought many down to death;
her victims are countless.[h]
27 Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.(Q)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive
- Proverbs 7:10 Or prostitute with a guarded heart
- Proverbs 7:13 Lit she makes her face strong and says
- Proverbs 7:14 Meat from a fellowship offering had to be eaten on the day it was offered; therefore she is inviting him to a feast at her house.
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth
- Proverbs 7:22 Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool; Hb obscure
- Proverbs 7:23 Or his
- Proverbs 7:26 Or and powerful men are all her victims
Proverbs 7:5-27
Lexham English Bible
5 In order to guard yourself from an adulteress,[a]
from the foreigner who makes her words smooth.[b]
6 For at the window of my house,
through my lattice, I looked down.
7 And I saw among the simple,
I observed among the youth,
a young man lacking sense,[c]
8 passing on the street at[d] her corner,
and he takes the road to her house,
9 at twilight, at the day’s evening,
in the midst of night and the darkness.
10 Then behold! A woman comes to meet him
with the garment of a prostitute[e] and a secret heart.[f]
11 She is loud and stubborn;
her feet do not stay at her house.
12 Now in the street, now in the square,
at[g] every corner she lies in wait.
13 She took hold of [h] him and kissed him.
Her face was impudent, and she said to him,
14 “Sacrifices of peace offerings are upon me;
today[i] I completed my vows.
15 So[j] I have come out to meet you,
to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 With coverings I have adorned my couch,
spreads of the linen of Egypt;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love making,
until the morning let us delight in love.
19 For there is no man[k] in his home;
he has gone on a long journey.[l]
20 The bag of money he took in his hand,
for on the day of the full moon he will come home.”
21 She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings;
with her smooth lips she compels him.
22 He goes after her suddenly;
like an ox to the slaughter he goes,
and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,
23 until an arrow pierces his entrails,[m]
like a bird rushing into a snare,
but he does not know that it will cost him his life.[n]
Reiteration of the Warning Against a Strange Woman
24 And now, my children, listen to me,
and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth.
25 May your heart not turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her path.
26 For many slain she has laid low,
and countless[o] are all of her killings.
27 The ways of Sheol[p] are her house,
descending to chambers of death.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 7:5 Literally “a strange woman”
- Proverbs 7:5 Literally “causes to be smooth her words”
- Proverbs 7:7 Literally “heart”
- Proverbs 7:8 Literally “at the place of”
- Proverbs 7:10 Or “whore”
- Proverbs 7:10 Literally “secret of heart”
- Proverbs 7:12 Literally “at the place of”
- Proverbs 7:13 Or “strengthened”
- Proverbs 7:14 Literally “the day”
- Proverbs 7:15 Hebrew “thus”
- Proverbs 7:19 Or “husband”
- Proverbs 7:19 Literally “a journey from far”
- Proverbs 7:23 Literally “heaviness,” often referring to the liver
- Proverbs 7:23 Literally “it is against his life”
- Proverbs 7:26 Or “strong men”
- Proverbs 7:27 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
Proverbs 22:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.(A)
Proverbs 22:14
Lexham English Bible
14 A deep pit is the mouth of an adulteress,[a]
he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall there.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:14 Literally “a strange woman”
Proverbs 23:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,(A)
and a stranger is a narrow well;
28 indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber(B)
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
Proverbs 23:26-28
Lexham English Bible
26 My child, may you give your heart[a] to me,
and may your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a deep pit is a prostitute,[b]
and a narrow well is an adulteress.[c]
28 She is also like a robber lying in wait,
and the faithless among mankind she increases.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:26 Or “mind”
- Proverbs 23:27 Or “whore”
- Proverbs 23:27 Literally “a foreign woman”
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