Proverbs 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
2Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
3Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
4Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
7And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
9at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
11She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
14'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.
15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
16I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
19For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
20He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox that goeth to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
23until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
23Till an arrow strike through his liver; as a bird hasteneth to the snare — and knoweth not that it is at the cost of his life.
24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24Now therefore, O ye children, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
26For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
27Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.
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