²⁶And I find more ^wbitter than death the woman, whose heart is ^xsnares and nets, and her hands as bands: ^†whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but ^ythe sinner shall be taken by her.

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wSo Prov. 5:4.
xSee Prov. 12:12. So Prov. 23:28.
†Heb. he that is good before God. So Gen. 16:6, &c.
ySo Prov. 22:14.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I find more bitter than death

the woman who is a snare,

whose heart is a trap

and whose hands are chains.

The man who pleases God will escape her,

but the sinner she will ensnare.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

I discovered that a seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I myself found that more bitter than death is the woman who is a trap, whose heart is a snare, and whose hands are bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

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