Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
2 Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;
3 Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;
4 Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman,
Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
5 that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.
6 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice,
For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out;
7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding
And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
8 passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house,
Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom;
10 And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.
And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.
11 She is loud and headstrong. Her feet abide not in her house.
Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lies in wait at every corner.
Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:
13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,
So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.
Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;
17 I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon:
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. Let us solace ourselves with love.
Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
19 For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.
For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;
20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.
A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.
21 With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, —with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
22 He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
23 till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.
Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
24 Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth;
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways. Go not astray in her paths.
Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
26 For she has cast down many wounded. Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall, —yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
