Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.
Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman,
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.
passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 And behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.
And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.
11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
She is loud and headstrong. Her feet abide not in her house.
12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lies in wait at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said to him,
So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,
14 [I have] peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.
15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with 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 solace ourselves with loves.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning. Let us solace ourselves with love.
19 For the good-man [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
For the man is not at home. He has gone a long journey.
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
22 He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23 Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.
24 Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways. Go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
For she has cast down many wounded. Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
