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Proverbs 7:6–13

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6For hat the window of my house

hI looked through my casement,

7And beheld among the isimple ones,

I discerned among †the youths,

A young man kvoid of understanding,

8Passing through the lstreet near mher corner;

And he went the way to her house,

9In the ntwilight, †in the evening,

In the oblack and dark night:

10And, behold, oothere met him a woman

With pthe attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

11(She is qloud and rstubborn;

sHer feet abide not in her house:

12Now is she without, now in the streets,

And sslieth in wait at mevery corner.)

13So she caught him, and kissed him,

And †with an impudent face said unto him,

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Footnotes

  1. hJdg. 5:28 (Heb.).
  2. hJdg. 5:28 (Heb.).
  3. iSee ch. 1:4.
  4. †Heb. the sons.
  5. kSee ch. 6:32.
  6. lEccles. 12:4, 5. Cant. 3:2 only.
  7. mver. 12.
  8. nJob 24:15. Comp. Ecclus. 23:18, 19.
  9. †Heb. in the evening of the day.
  10. oSo ch. 20:20 (Heb.).
  11. pPs. 73:6 (Heb.). Comp. Gen. 38:14.
  12. qch. 9:13 (Heb.).
  13. rSee Ps. 68:6.
  14. sSo ch. 5:6. 1 Tim. 5:13. Comp. Tit 2:5.
  15. ssch. 23:28.
  16. mver. 12.
  17. †Heb. she strengthened her face, and said. So ch. 21:29. See Deut. 28:50.

Cross references

  1. ooEcclus. 9:3.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For at the window of my house

I have looked out through my lattice,

and I have seen among the simple,

I have perceived among the youths,

a young man lacking sense,

passing along the street near her corner,

taking the road to her house

in the twilight, in the evening,

at the time of night and darkness.

And behold, the woman meets him,

dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.

She is loud and wayward;

her feet do not stay at home;

now in the street, now in the market,

and at every corner she lies in wait.

She seizes him and kisses him,

and with bold face she says to him,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At the window of my house

I looked down through the lattice.

I saw among the simple,

I noticed among the young men,

a youth who had no sense.

He was going down the street near her corner,

walking along in the direction of her house

at twilight, as the day was fading,

as the dark of night set in.

Then out came a woman to meet him,

dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

(She is unruly and defiant,

her feet never stay at home;

now in the street, now in the squares,

at every corner she lurks.)

She took hold of him and kissed him

and with a brazen face she said:

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CSBChristian Standard Bible

At the window of my house

I looked through my lattice.

I saw among the inexperienced,

I noticed among the youths,

a young man lacking sense.

Crossing the street near her corner,

he strolled down the road to her house

at twilight, in the evening,

in the dark of the night.

A woman came to meet him

dressed like a prostitute,

having a hidden agenda.

She is loud and defiant;

her feet do not stay at home.

Now in the street, now in the squares,

she lurks at every corner.

She grabs him and kisses him;

she brazenly says to him,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

While I was at the window of my house,

looking through the curtain,

I saw some naive young men,

and one in particular who lacked common sense.

He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,

strolling down the path by her house.

It was at twilight, in the evening,

as deep darkness fell.

The woman approached him,

seductively dressed and sly of heart.

She was the brash, rebellious type,

never content to stay at home.

She is often in the streets and markets,

soliciting at every corner.

She threw her arms around him and kissed him,

and with a brazen look she said,

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For at the window of my house,

through my lattice, I looked down.

And I saw among the simple,

I observed among the youth,

a young man lacking sense,

passing on the street at her corner,

and he takes the road to her house,

at twilight, at the day’s evening,

in the midst of night and the darkness.

Then behold! A woman comes to meet him

with the garment of a prostitute and a secret heart.

She is loud and stubborn;

her feet do not stay at her house.

Now in the street, now in the square,

at every corner she lies in wait.

She took hold of him and kissed him.

Her face was impudent, and she said to him,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press