¹⁶ It [^CWisdom] will save you from the ·unfaithful wife [^Lstrange woman]
    ·who tries to lead you into adultery [^Lfrom the foreign woman] with ·pleasing words [flattery; compliments].

⁶ Once while I was at the window of my house
    I looked out through the ·shutters [lattice; curtains]
⁷ and saw some ·foolish [simpleminded; immature; naive], young men.
    I noticed one of them ·had no wisdom [had no sense; ^Llacked heart].
⁸ He was ·walking down [crossing] the street near the corner
    on the road leading to her house.
⁹ It was the twilight of the evening;
    the darkness of the night was just beginning.
¹⁰ Then the woman ·approached [or propositioned] him,
    dressed like a prostitute
    and ·planning to trick him [^Lwith a guarded heart].
¹¹ She was ·loud [boisterous; noisy] and ·stubborn [defiant]
    and ·never stayed at [^Lher feet do not rest in her own] home.
¹² ·She was always out [^LA foot] in the streets ·or in [^La foot in] the city squares,
    ·waiting around [lurking] on the corners of the streets.
¹³ She grabbed him and kissed him.
    ·Without shame [^LHer face was brazen as] she said to him,
¹⁴ “I made my fellowship offering [Lev. 3; 7:11–21; ^Cthe offerer ate the meat of the offering].
    Today I have ·kept [paid back] my ·special promises [vows].
¹⁵ So I have come out to meet you;
    I have been ·looking for you [^Lseeking your face] and have found you.
¹⁶ I have ·covered [ornamented] my bed
    with colored sheets from Egypt.
¹⁷ I have ·made my bed smell sweet [^Lsprinkled my bed]
    with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
¹⁸ Come, let’s ·make [be intoxicated with] love until morning.
    Let’s ·enjoy each other’s [rejoice in] love.
¹⁹ My husband is not home;
    he has gone on a ·long [faraway] trip.
²⁰ He took a ·lot of money with him [^Lpouch of money in his hand]
    and won’t be home ·for weeks [^Luntil the new moon].”
²¹ By her clever words she ·made him give in [seduces him];
    by ·her pleasing words [^Lthe flattery of her lips] she ·led him into doing wrong [persuades/compels him].
²² All at once he followed her,
    like an ox led to the ·butcher [slaughter],
like a ·deer caught in a trap [or fool to the stocks]
²³     ·and shot through the liver with an arrow [until an arrow pierces his liver].
Like a bird ·caught in [^Lhurrying to] a trap,
he didn’t know ·what he did would kill him [it would cost him his life].

²⁴ Now, my sons, listen to me;
    pay attention to ·what I say [^Lthe speech of my mouth].
²⁵ Don’t ·let yourself be tricked by such a woman [^Lturn your heart to her paths];
    don’t ·go where she leads you [wander onto her paths].
²⁶ She has ·ruined many good men [^Lcaused many corpses to fall],
    and many ·have died because of her [are those she has killed].
²⁷ Her house is on the ·road [path] to ·death [^LSheol; ^Cthe grave or the underworld],
    ·the road that leads down to the grave [^Lgoing down to the chambers of death].

¹⁴ The ·words [^Lmouth] of ·an unfaithful wife [^Lthe strange woman] are like a deep ·trap [pit].
Those who make the Lord angry will ·get caught by them [^Lfall in it].

²⁶ My son, ·pay attention [^Lgive your heart] to me,
    and ·watch closely what I do [let your eyes watch/or delight in my path].
²⁷ A prostitute is as dangerous as a deep pit,
    and an ·unfaithful wife [^Lforeign woman] is like a narrow well.
²⁸ They ambush you like robbers
    and cause many men to be unfaithful to their wives.