Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;
Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
5 That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
6 For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out;
For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
7 And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom;
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
10 And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.
And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;
She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
12 Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:
now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14 Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
15 For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:
therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
16 Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;
I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
17 I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon:
I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
19 For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;
For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
20 A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.
he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
21 She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, —with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
22 Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
23 Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
24 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth;
And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
26 For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall, —yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
