Proverbs 2:16
Revised Standard Version
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- Proverbs 2:16 Heb strange
- Proverbs 2:16 Heb foreign woman
Proverbs 2:16
American Standard Version
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman,
Even from the foreigner that [a]flattereth with her words;
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew maketh smooth her words.
Proverbs 5:3
Revised Standard Version
3 For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
and her speech[a] is smoother than oil;
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 5:3 Heb palate
Proverbs 5:3
American Standard Version
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs 5:20
Revised Standard Version
20 Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman
and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?
Proverbs 5:20
American Standard Version
20 For why shouldest thou, my son, [a]be ravished with a strange woman,
And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 5:20 Hebrew go astray.
Proverbs 7:5-27
Revised Standard Version
5 to preserve you from the loose woman,
from the adventuress with her smooth words.
6 For at the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man without sense,
8 passing along the street near her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in the twilight, in the evening,
at the time of night and darkness.
10 And lo, a woman meets him,
dressed as a harlot, wily of heart.[a]
11 She is loud and wayward,
her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with impudent face she says to him:
14 “I had to offer sacrifices,
and today I have paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have decked my couch with coverings,
colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast[b]
23 till an arrow pierces its entrails;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways,
do not stray into her paths;
26 for many a victim has she laid low;
yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 7:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Proverbs 7:22 Cn Compare Gk: Heb uncertain
Proverbs 7:5-27
American Standard Version
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
From the foreigner that [a]flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house
I looked forth through my lattice;
7 And I 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 of the day,
In the [b]middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 And, behold, there met him a woman
With the attire of a harlot, and [c]wily of heart.
11 (She is [d]clamorous and wilful;
Her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
And lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him,
[e]And with an impudent face she said unto him:
14 Sacrifices of peace-offerings [f]are with me;
This day have I paid my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have spread my couch with [g]carpets of tapestry,
With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 I have [h]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 man is not at home;
He is gone a long journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him;
He will come home at the full moon.
21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield;
With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
22 He goeth after her [i]straightway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter,
Or as one in [j]fetters to the correction of the fool;
23 Till an arrow strike through his liver;
As a bird hasteth to the snare,
And knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me,
And attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways;
Go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded:
Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,
Going down to the chambers of death.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 7:5 Hebrew maketh smooth her words.
- Proverbs 7:9 Hebrew pupil (of the eye).
- Proverbs 7:10 Or, close. Hebrew guarded.
- Proverbs 7:11 Or, turbulent
- Proverbs 7:13 Hebrew She hardened her face, and said.
- Proverbs 7:14 Or, were due from me
- Proverbs 7:16 Or, cushions
- Proverbs 7:17 Or, sprinkled
- Proverbs 7:22 Hebrew suddenly.
- Proverbs 7:22 The Hebrew is obscure.
Proverbs 22:14
Revised Standard Version
14 The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit;
he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
Proverbs 22:14
American Standard Version
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
He [a]that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:14 Or, against whom Jehovah hath indignation
Proverbs 23:26-28
Revised Standard Version
26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep pit;
an adventuress is a narrow well.
28 She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the faithless among men.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is delight in
Proverbs 23:26-28
American Standard Version
26 My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes [a]delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait [b]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is, observe
- Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey
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