18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For [a]my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey;
20 He has taken a bag of money [b]with him,
And will come home [c]on the appointed day.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:19 Lit. the man
  2. Proverbs 7:20 Lit. in his hand
  3. Proverbs 7:20 at the full moon

18 Come, let us take our fill of love making,
    until the morning let us delight in love.
19 For there is no man[a] in his home;
    he has gone on a long journey.[b]
20 The bag of money he took in his hand,
    for on the day of the full moon he will come home.”

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:19 Or “husband”
  2. Proverbs 7:19 Literally “a journey from far”