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Proverbs 23:27–28

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27For a whore is pa deep ditch;

And qa strange woman is a narrow rpit.

28sShe also lieth in wait as for a prey,

And increaseth the transgressors among men.

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Cross references

  1. pch. 22. 14 (Heb.).
  2. qSee ch. 2. 16.
  3. rSee Ps. 55. 23.
  4. sch. 7. 12. So Eccles. 7. 26.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For a prostitute is a deep pit;

an adulteress is a narrow well.

She lies in wait like a robber

and increases the traitors among mankind.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,

and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Like a bandit she lies in wait

and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For a prostitute is a deep pit,

and a wayward woman is a narrow well;

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber

and increases the number of unfaithful people.

NLTNew Living Translation

A prostitute is a dangerous trap;

a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.

She hides and waits like a robber,

eager to make more men unfaithful.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For a deep pit is a prostitute,

and a narrow well is an adulteress.

She is also like a robber lying in wait,

and the faithless among mankind she increases.

KJV 1900King James Version

For a whore is a deep ditch;

And a strange woman is a narrow pit.

She also lieth in wait as for a prey,

And increaseth the transgressors among men.