Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;
3 Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;
4 Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
5 That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth 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 I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,
For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out;
7 And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
8 Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;
9 In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom;
10 And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot’s attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,
And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.
11 Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;
12 Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:
13 And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
14 I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
15 Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, 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 woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from 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 be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
19 For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;
20 He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of 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 She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, —with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
22 Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,
Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
23 Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
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, my son, hear 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 mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall, —yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
