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Proverbs 7:10–13

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10Then behold! A woman comes to meet him

with the garment of a prostitutei and a secret heart.j

11She is loud and stubborn;

her feet do not stay at her house.

12Now in the street, now in the square,

atk every corner she lies in wait.

13She took hold of l him and kissed him.

Her face was impudent, and she said to him,

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Footnotes

  1. iOr “whore”
  2. jLiterally “secret of heart”
  3. kLiterally “at the place of”
  4. lOr “strengthened”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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,

NLTNew Living Translation

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,

KJV 1900King James Version

And, behold, there met him a woman

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

(She is loud and stubborn;

Her feet abide not in her house:

Now is she without, now in the streets,

And lieth in wait at every corner.)

So she caught him, and kissed him,

And with an impudent face said unto him,