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Proverbs 23:27–28

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27oFor a harlot is a deep pit,

And a seductress is a narrow well.

28pShe also lies in wait as for a victim,

And increases the unfaithful among men.

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Cross references

  1. oProv. 22:14
  2. pProv. 7:12; Eccl. 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.