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The Wiles of the Harlot | ||||
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| 1 My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. | 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. | 1 My son, pay attention to my words. Treasure my commands that are within you. | 1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you. | 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. | 2 Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. | 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. | 2 Obey my commands so that you may live. Follow my teachings just as you protect the pupil of your eye. | 2 Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye. | 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye. | 3 Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. | 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. | 3 Tie them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. | 3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. | 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart. | 4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend; | 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: | 4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister." Give the name "my relative" to understanding | 4 Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative, | 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman: | 5 That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. | 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. | 5 in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk. | 5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words. | 5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice, | 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, | 6 From a window in my house I looked through my screen. | 6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice. | 6 For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice, | 7 And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense, | 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, | 7 I was looking at gullible people when I saw a young man without much sense among youths. | 7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, | 7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding, | 8 Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house, | 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, | 8 He was crossing a street near her corner and walking toward her house | 8 passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house, | 8 passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, | 9 In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. | 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: | 9 in the twilight, in the evening, in the dark hours of the night. | 9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness. | 9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. | 10 And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart. | 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. | 10 A woman with an ulterior motive meets him. She is dressed as a prostitute. | 10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent. | 10 And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home; | 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: | 11 She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay at home. | 11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house. | 11 She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house: | 12 She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner. | 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) | 12 One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl at every corner. | 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner. | 12 now without, now in the broadways, and she lieth in wait at every corner. | 13 So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: | 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, | 13 She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to him, | 13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: | 13 And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, | 14 "I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows. | 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. | 14 "I have some sacrificial meat. Today I kept my vows. | 14 "Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. | 14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows: | 15 "Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you. | 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. | 15 That's why I came to meet you. Eagerly, I looked for you, and I've found you. | 15 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you. | 15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt. | 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. | 16 I've made my bed, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen. | 16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. | 16 I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt; | 17 "I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. | 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17 I've sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17 I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 18 "Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses. | 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. | 18 Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning. Let's enjoy making love, | 18 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving. | 18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves. | 19 "For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey; | 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: | 19 because my husband's not home. He has gone on a long trip. | 19 For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey. | 19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; | 20 He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home." | 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. | 20 He took lots of money with him. He won't be home for a couple of weeks." | 20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon." | 20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. | 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. | 21 With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in. | 21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. | 21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him. | 22 Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, | 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; | 22 He immediately follows her like a steer on its way to be slaughtered, like a ram hobbling into captivity | 22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. | 22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool; | 23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life. | 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. | 23 until an arrow pierces his heart, like a bird darting into a trap. He does not realize that it will cost him his life. | 23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life. | 23 till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life. | 24 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth. | 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. | 24 Now, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words from my mouth. | 24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth. | 24 And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth. | 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths. | 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. | 25 Do not let your heart be turned to her ways. Do not wander onto her paths, | 25 Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths, | 25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths: | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain. | 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. | 26 because she has brought down many victims, and she has killed all too many. | 26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army. | 26 for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong. | 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death. | 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. | 27 Her home is the way to hell and leads to the darkest vaults of death. | 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death. | 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. |
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