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Proverbs 7 (WEBP)

[1] My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
[2] Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
[3] Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
[4] Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
[5] that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
[6] For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
[7] I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
[8] passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
[9] in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
[10] Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
[11] She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
[12] Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
[13] So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
[14] “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
[15] Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
[16] I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
[17] I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
[18] Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
[19] For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
[20] He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
[21] With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
[22] He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
[23] Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
[24] Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
[25] Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,
[26] for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
[27] Her house is the way to Sheol,° going down to the rooms of death.

Proverbs 7:27 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 7 (KJVS)

[1] My son H1121, keep H8104 (8798) my words H561, and lay up H6845 (8799) my commandments H4687 with thee.
[2] Keep H8104 (8798) my commandments H4687, and live H2421 (8798); and my law H8451 as the apple H380 of thine eye H5869.
[3] Bind H7194 (8798) them upon thy fingers H676, write H3789 (8798) them upon the table H3871 of thine heart H3820.
[4] Say H559 (8798) unto wisdom H2451, Thou [art] my sister H269; and call H7121 (8799) understanding H998 [thy] kinswoman H4129:
[5] That they may keep H8104 (8800) thee from the strange H2114 (8801) woman H802, from the stranger H5237 [which] flattereth H2505 (8689) with her words H561.
[6] For at the window H2474 of my house H1004 I looked H8259 (8738) through my casement H822,
[7] And beheld H7200 (8799) among the simple ones H6612, I discerned H995 (8799) among the youths H1121, a young man H5288 void H2638 of understanding H3820,
[8] Passing through H5674 (8802) the street H7784 near H681 her corner H6434; and he went H6805 (8799) the way H1870 to her house H1004,
[9] In the twilight H5399, in the evening H3117 H6153, in the black H380 and dark H653 night H3915:
[10] And, behold, there met H7125 (8800) him a woman H802 [with] the attire H7897 of an harlot H2181 (8802), and subtil H5341 (8803) of heart H3820.
[11] (She [is] loud H1993 (8802) and stubborn H5637 (8802); her feet H7272 abide H7931 (8799) not in her house H1004:
[12] Now H6471 [is she] without H2351, now H6471 in the streets H7339, and lieth in wait H693 (8799) at H681 every corner H6438.)
[13] So she caught H2388 (8689) him, and kissed H5401 (8804) him, [and] with an impudent H5810 (8689) face H6440 said H559 (8799) unto him,
[14] [I have] peace H8002 offerings H2077 with me; this day H3117 have I payed H7999 (8765) my vows H5088.
[15] Therefore came I forth H3318 (8804) to meet H7125 (8800) thee, diligently to seek H7836 (8763) thy face H6440, and I have found H4672 (8799) thee.
[16] I have decked H7234 (8804) my bed H6210 with coverings H4765 of tapestry, with carved H2405 [works], with fine linen H330 of Egypt H4714.
[17] I have perfumed H5130 (8804) my bed H4904 with myrrh H4753, aloes H174, and cinnamon H7076.
[18] Come H3212 (8798), let us take our fill H7301 (8799) of love H1730 until the morning H1242: let us solace H5965 (8691) ourselves with loves H159.
[19] For the goodman H376 [is] not at home H1004, he is gone H1980 (8804) a long H7350 journey H1870:
[20] He hath taken H3947 (8804) a bag H6872 of money H3701 with him H3027, [and] will come H935 (8799) home H1004 at the day H3117 appointed H3677.
[21] With her much H7230 fair speech H3948 she caused him to yield H5186 (8689), with the flattering H2506 of her lips H8193 she forced H5080 (8686) him.
[22] He goeth H1980 (8802) after H310 her straightway H6597, as an ox H7794 goeth H935 (8799) to the slaughter H2874, or as a fool H191 to the correction H4148 of the stocks H5914;
[23] Till a dart H2671 strike H6398 (8762) through his liver H3516; as a bird H6833 hasteth H4116 (8763) to the snare H6341, and knoweth H3045 (8804) not that it [is] for his life H5315.
[24] Hearken H8085 (8798) unto me now therefore, O ye children H1121, and attend H7181 (8685) to the words H561 of my mouth H6310.
[25] Let not thine heart H3820 decline H7847 (8799) to her ways H1870, go not astray H8582 (8799) in her paths H5410.
[26] For she hath cast down H5307 (8689) many H7227 wounded H2491: yea, many strong H6099 [men] have been slain H2026 (8803) by her.
[27] Her house H1004 [is] the way H1870 to hell H7585, going down H3381 (8802) to the chambers H2315 of death H4194.

Young’s Literal Translation

Proverbs 7 (YLT)

[1] My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
[2] Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
[3] Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
[4] Say to wisdom, ‘My sister Thou art.’ And cry to understanding, ‘Kinswoman!’
[5] To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
[6] For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
[7] And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
[8] Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step,
[9] In the twilight-in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
[10] And, lo, a woman to meet him- (A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,
[11] Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
[12] Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait)-
[13] And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
[14] ‘Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
[15] Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
[16] With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works-cotton of Egypt.
[17] I sprinkled my bed-myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
[18] Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
[19] For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
[20] A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.’
[21] She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
[22] He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
[23] Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.
[24] And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
[25] Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
[26] For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones.
[27] The ways of Sheol-her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!