Spreuken 7
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7 Mijn zoon, denk aan wat ik heb gezegd en houd mijn geboden voor ogen bij alles wat je doet.
2 Gehoorzaamheid aan mijn geboden zal je het leven geven, dus moet mijn wet alles voor je betekenen.
3 Leg die wet nooit opzij, maar berg haar diep in je hart.
4 Beschouw de wijsheid als je zuster en het verstand als een goede vriend.
5 Dan kunnen zij je beschermen tegen die vrouw die niet van jou is, die vreemdelinge die jou met lieve woordjes tracht te paaien.
6 Ik keek uit mijn raam, door mijn tralievenster,
7 en zag, terwijl ik mijn ogen langs de onverstandigen liet gaan, een jongen die erg dom bezig was.
8 Hij liep over straat, naderde haar woning en liep er naartoe.
9 Het schemerde, het was bijna nacht.
10 Een vrouw kwam hem tegemoet, gekleed zoals bij haar beroep paste, doortrapt en op haar hoede.
11 Zij was ongezeglijk en losbandig en verbleef maar zelden in haar eigen huis.
12 Soms liep ze door de stad, soms hing ze op een straathoek rond.
13 Zij vloog hem om de hals, kuste hem en zei met een stalen gezicht:
14 ‘Ik had beloofd dankoffers te brengen en vandaag ben ik mijn belofte nagekomen.
15 Daarom was ik op zoek naar jou en, gelukkig, ik heb je gevonden!
16 Ik heb de mooiste zachte tapijten op mijn bed gelegd, een prachtig bewerkt bed heb ik, met het fijnste Egyptische linnen.
17 En daar overheen heb ik mirre, aloë en kaneel gesprenkeld.
18 Dus laten we elkaar beminnen, het hoofd op hol jagen, de hele nacht en met plezier de liefde bedrijven.
19 Mijn man is niet thuis en komt voorlopig ook niet terug.
20 Hij heeft flink wat geld meegenomen en zei mij dat het nog wel even duurde voor hij weer thuiskwam.’
21 Voor haar stortvloed van woorden ging hij door de knieën, haar vleiend gepraat miste zijn uitwerking niet.
22 Hij liep haar achterna, als een koe naar het slachthuis, als een misdadiger op weg naar het schavot,
23 als een vogel die snel op de strik afvliegt, zonder te beseffen dat dat hem het leven kost, totdat de pijn hem als een mes door het lichaam gaat.
24 Wel, kinderen, luister naar mij!
25 Laat je hart niet afdwalen naar haar levenswijze, zet geen voet op de weg die zij volgt.
26 Want zij heeft al heel wat gewonden neergeslagen en de lijst van haar slachtoffers is lang.
27 Haar huis leidt rechtstreeks naar de dood.
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.
Proverbs 7
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 7
1 My son, keep my words
and make my commands your treasure.
2 Follow my precepts, and you will live;
keep my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them to your fingers;
inscribe them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom,[a] “You are my sister,”
and regard understanding as your friend,
5 so that they may keep you from another’s wife,
from the adulteress with her seductive words.
6 While standing at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,
7 and as I glanced at the immature youths,
I observed among the simple ones[b]
a lad with no sense.
8 He walked along the street near her corner
and then turned in the direction near her house,
9 at twilight, as the day was fading,
at dusk when the night grows dark.
10 Then a woman came forth to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute with a scheming heart.
11 She was loud-mouthed and brazen,
one who is never content to rest at home,
12 always on the streets or the public squares,
lying in wait at every corner.
13 She caught him and kissed him,
and brazenly said to him:
14 “I had to make sacrificial peace offerings,[c]
and I have fulfilled my vows today.
15 And so I came out to meet you,
to look for you, and now I have found you.
16 I have spread coverlets over my bed,
covered sheets of Egyptian linen.[d]
17 “I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning,
abandoning ourselves to a feast of love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he is away on a long journey.
20 He took a bag of money with him
and will not be back until the moon is full.”
21 With her persistent urging she persuaded him,
luring him astray with her seductive words.[e]
22 Bemused, he followed her,
like an ox being led to the slaughter,
like a stag stepping into a noose,
23 until an arrow pierces its liver,
like a bird rushing into a snare,
not realizing its life is at stake.
24 So now, my son, listen to me
and be attentive to what I have to say.
25 Do not let your heart stray into her ways
or wander into her paths.
26 For many are those she has led to death;
her victims are beyond number.
27 Her house is the pathway to the netherworld,[f]
the descent to the chambers of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:4 Wisdom: i.e., the body of knowledge of life handed down by the sages.
- Proverbs 7:7 The simple ones: see note on Prov 1:4.
- Proverbs 7:14 Sacrificial peace offerings: in this type of offering, part of the meat was eaten by the one who brought it and by his friends or family (see Lev 7:11-18). I have fulfilled my vows today: a fellowship offering was offered as the result of a vow, and it had to be eaten on the first or second day (see Lev 7:15-16).
- Proverbs 7:16 Covered sheets of Egyptian linen: in Prov 31:22, linen is associated with wealth, and Egyptian linen was very highly regarded.
- Proverbs 7:21 Persistent urging . . . seductive words: see notes on Prov 2:16; 5:3; see also v. 5; 6:24.
- Proverbs 7:27 Pathway to the netherworld: see notes on Prov 2:18; 5:5; see also Prov 14:12; 16:25; Mt 7:13; 1 Cor 6:9-10.
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