Verse 12
Proverbs 7:12
Young's Literal Translation
12
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
Original Language Text
hebrew
פַּ֤עַם בַּ/ח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּ/רְחֹב֑וֹת וְ/אֵ֖צֶל כָּל פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב
English Translation
Once in the street, once in the squares, and at every corner, you will lie in wait.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
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Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
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Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
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Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'
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To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
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For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
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And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
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Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
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In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
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And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
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Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
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Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
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And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
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'Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
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Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
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[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.
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I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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Come, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
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For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
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A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
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She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth hi...
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He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the c...
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Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it...
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And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
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Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
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For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
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The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
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