Proverbs 7
1 son: child my to keep: guard word my and commandment my to treasure with you
My son, keep my words, And treasure 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! Yea, my teaching, 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 near acquaintance;
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 wife of another, From the stranger, that useth smooth words.
6 for in/on/with window house: home my about/through/for lattice my to look
For through the window of my house, Through the lattice I was looking forth,
7 and to see: see in/on/with simple to understand in/on/with son: child youth lacking heart
And I saw 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
He was passing through the street near her corner, And was going the way to her house,
9 in/on/with twilight in/on/with evening day in/on/with pupil night and darkness
At twilight, in the evening, At midnight, yea, in the thick darkness.
10 and behold woman to/for to encounter: meet him garment to fornicate and to watch heart
And, behold, a woman met him, In the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart, —
11 to roar he/she/it and to rebel in/on/with house: home her not to dwell foot her
One noisy and unruly, Whose feet abide not in her house;
12 beat in/on/with outside beat in/on/with street/plaza and beside all corner to ambush
Who is now in the streets, now in the broad places, And lurketh near 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
She caught hold of him and kissed him, And with a shameless face said to him,
14 sacrifice peace offering upon me [the] day to complete vow my
“Thank-offerings have been upon me, And this day have I performed 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 bed with coverlets, With tapestry of the thread of Egypt.
17 to sprinkle bed my myrrh aloe and cinnamon
I have sprinkled 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 caresses.
19 for nothing [the] man: husband in/on/with house: home his to go: went in/on/with way: journey from distant
For the good-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 purse of money with him; At the day of the full moon he will return.”
21 to stretch him in/on/with abundance teaching her in/on/with smoothness lip: words her to banish him
By her much fair speech she seduced him; By the smoothness of her lips she drew him away.
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 chastisement 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 hasteneth into the snare, And knoweth not that it is laid for its life.
24 and now son: descendant/people to hear: hear to/for me and to listen to/for word lip my
Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to 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 turn aside to her ways; Go not astray in her paths!
26 for many slain: wounded to fall: deserting and mighty all to kill her
For many are the wounded which she hath cast down; Yea, countless is the number of those slain by her.
