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Proverbs 23:27

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27For a harlot is a adeep pit

And 1a bforeign woman is a narrow well.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or an adulterous, cf. Prov 2:16

Cross references

  1. aProv 22:14
  2. bProv 5:20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For a prostitute is a deep pit;

an adulteress is a narrow well.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,

and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For a prostitute is a deep pit,

and a wayward woman is a narrow well;

NLTNew Living Translation

A prostitute is a dangerous trap;

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For a deep pit is a prostitute,

and a narrow well is an adulteress.

KJV 1900King James Version

For a whore is a deep ditch;

And a strange woman is a narrow pit.