Proverbs 7
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1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.1My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.2Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.3Strap them to your fingers and engrave them on the tablet of your heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:4Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.5so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,6For from a window in my house I peered through the lattice work,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,7and I noticed among the naïve— that is, I discerned among the youths— a senseless young man.
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,8Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:9at twilight, during the evening, even during the darkest part of the night.
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.10Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:11She is brazen and defiant— her feet don't remain at home.
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)12Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner.
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,13So she grabs hold of him and kisses him, with a brazen face she speaks to him,
14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.14"I have given my peace offerings, and today I fulfilled my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.15Therefore, I've come out to meet you, I've looked just for you, and I found you!
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.16I've decorated my bed with new coverings— embroidered linen from Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.17I've perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.18Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:19because my husband isn't home. He left on a long trip.
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.20He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.21She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;22All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.23until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.24So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.25Don't be led astray by her lifestyle, and don't imitate her behavior.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.26For many are the victims whom she has conquered, and many are her slain.
27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.27Her house leads to Sheol, descending to death's catacombs.
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