Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
2 Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;
Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'
5 That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
6 For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out;
For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
7 And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
8 Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
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 day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
10 And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.
And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
11 Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;
Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
12 Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) —
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
14 Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows;
'Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
15 For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:
Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
16 Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt;
[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon:
I sprinkled my bed — myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses;
Come, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
19 For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;
For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on 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.
A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
21 She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, —with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth 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 is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a 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 doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known 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 to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
25 Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
26 For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall, —yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
