Proverbs 7
1 O son my keep words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep commandments my and live and instruction my like [the] pupil of eyes your.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.
3 Bind them on fingers your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
4 Say to wisdom [are] sister my you and a relative to discernment you will call.
Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5 To keep you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
6 For at [the] window of house my through lattice my I looked down.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And I saw among the naive people I observed among the sons a youth lacking of heart.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 [who] was passing by In the street beside corner her and [the] direction of house her he strode.
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.
9 At twilight in [the] evening of [the] day in [the] middle of [the] night and darkness.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 And there! a woman to meet him [the] garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart.
And behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 [is] boisterous She and rebellious in house her not they stay feet her.
(She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 A time - in the street a time in the open places and beside every corner she lies in wait.
Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 And she takes hold on him and she kisses him she has made firm face her and she said to him.
So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said to him,
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] on me this day I have paid vows my.
[I have] peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
15 There-fore I have come out to meet you to seek face your and I have found you.
Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 Coverings I have spread couch my colored fabrics linen of Egypt.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come! let us take our fill of love until the morning let us delight ourselves with love.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For not the husband [is] in house his he has gone on a journey from a distance.
For the good-man [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 [the] bag of Money he has taken in hand his to [the] day of the full moon he will come house his.
He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
21 She turns him with [the] greatness of persuasiveness her with [the] seductiveness of lips her she impels him.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
22 [he is] walking Behind her suddenly like an ox [which] to [the] slaughter it goes and like an anklet to [the] chastening of a fool.
He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Until it will pierce an arrow liver his as hurries a bird into a trap and not he knows that [is] for life his it.
Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
24 And therefore O children listen to me and be attentive to [the] words of mouth my.
Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 May not it turn aside to ways her heart your may not it go astray in pathways her.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For many slain [ones] she has made fall and [are] numerous all killed [men] her.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
