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