Proverbs 7
1 son: child my to keep: guard word my and commandment my to treasure with you
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
2 to keep: guard commandment my and to live and instruction my like/as pupil eye your
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 to conspire them upon finger your to write them upon tablet heart your
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 to say to/for wisdom sister my you(f. s.) and kinsman to/for understanding to call: call to
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5 to/for to keep: guard you from woman be a stranger from foreign word her to smooth
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
6 for in/on/with window house: home my about/through/for lattice my to look
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
7 and to see: see in/on/with simple to understand in/on/with son: child youth lacking heart
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
8 to pass in/on/with street beside corner her and way: road house: home her to march
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
9 in/on/with twilight in/on/with evening day in/on/with pupil night and darkness
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 and behold woman to/for to encounter: meet him garment to fornicate and to watch heart
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11 to roar he/she/it and to rebel in/on/with house: home her not to dwell foot her
(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
12 beat in/on/with outside beat in/on/with street/plaza and beside all corner to ambush
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
13 and to strengthen: hold in/on/with him and to kiss to/for him be strong face her and to say to/for him
So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:
14 sacrifice peace offering upon me [the] day to complete vow my
Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.
15 upon so to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet you to/for to seek face of your and to find you
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 covering to spread bed my colored fine linen Egypt
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 to sprinkle bed my myrrh aloe and cinnamon
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 to go: come! [emph?] to quench beloved: love till [the] morning to rejoice in/on/with beloved
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 for nothing [the] man: husband in/on/with house: home his to go: went in/on/with way: journey from distant
For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:
20 bundle [the] silver: money to take: take in/on/with hand: to his to/for day [the] full moon to come (in): come house: home his
He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
21 to stretch him in/on/with abundance teaching her in/on/with smoothness lip: words her to banish him
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
22 to go: follow after her suddenly like/as cattle to(wards) slaughter to come (in): come and like/as anklet to(wards) discipline: bonds fool(ish)
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
23 till to cleave arrow liver his like/as to hasten bird to(wards) snare and not to know for in/on/with soul: life his he/she/it
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and to listen to/for word lip my
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
25 not to turn aside to(wards) way: conduct her heart your not to go astray in/on/with path her
Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
26 for many slain: wounded to fall: deserting and mighty all to kill her
For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
