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 table of thine heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] 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 strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth 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 through my casement,
For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out;
7 And 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, in the black and dark night:
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 [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.
11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;
12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth 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, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,
So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
14 [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
15 Therefore came I 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 decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen 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 loves.
Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
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 caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, —with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth 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 a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not 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 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, 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 thine 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 hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall, —yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
