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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, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. | 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son, | 1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up 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 Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. | 2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye: | 2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil 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 Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. | 3 Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart. | 3 Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on 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 unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman: | 4 Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend, | 4 Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, '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 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words. | 5 That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words. | 5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 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 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; | 6 For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice, | 6 For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out, | 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 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, | 7 And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man, | 7 And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking 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 Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, | 8 Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house. | 8 Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step, | 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 of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. | 9 In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night, | 9 In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness. | 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 And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. | 10 And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering, | 10 And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart, | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 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 clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: | 11 Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home, | 11 Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not. | 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 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner. | 12 Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners. | 12 Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) -- | 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 So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him: | 13 And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying: | 13 And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to 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 Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. | 14 I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows. | 14 Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed 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 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. | 15 Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee. | 15 Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 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 have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. | 16 I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt. | 16 With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of 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 have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17 I sprinkled my bed -- 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 us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. | 18 Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear. | 18 Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in 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 For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: | 19 For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey. | 19 For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on 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 hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. | 20 He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon. | 20 A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.' | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 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 her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. | 21 She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips. | 21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth 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 goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool; | 22 Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds, | 22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a 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 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. | 23 Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger. | 23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known 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 therefore, my'sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth. | 24 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth. | 24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings 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 Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. | 25 Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths. | 25 Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths, | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 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 For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. | 26 For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her. | 26 For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones. | 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 house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death. | 27 Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death. | 27 The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death! |
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