Proverbs 7
1 O son my keep words my and commandments my you will treasure with you.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.
2 Keep commandments my and live and instruction my like [the] pupil of eyes your.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on fingers your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the table of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom [are] sister my you and a relative to discernment you will call.
Say unto wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
5 To keep you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
6 For at [the] window of house my through lattice my I looked down.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And I saw among the naive people I observed among the sons a youth lacking of heart.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 [who] was passing by In the street beside corner her and [the] direction of house her he strode.
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 At twilight in [the] evening of [the] day in [the] middle of [the] night and darkness.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 And there! a woman to meet him [the] garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
11 [is] boisterous She and rebellious in house her not they stay feet her.
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12 A time - in the street a time in the open places and beside every corner she lies in wait.
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
13 And she takes hold on him and she kisses him she has made firm face her and she said to him.
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an shameless face said unto him,
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] on me this day I have paid vows my.
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
15 There-fore I have come out to meet you to seek face your and I have found you.
Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 Coverings I have spread couch my colored fabrics linen of Egypt.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come! let us take our fill of love until the morning let us delight ourselves with love.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For not the husband [is] in house his he has gone on a journey from a distance.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20 [the] bag of Money he has taken in hand his to [the] day of the full moon he will come house his.
He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 She turns him with [the] greatness of persuasiveness her with [the] seductiveness of lips her she impels him.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 [he is] walking Behind her suddenly like an ox [which] to [the] slaughter it goes and like an anklet to [the] chastening of a fool.
He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Until it will pierce an arrow liver his as hurries a bird into a trap and not he knows that [is] for life his it.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
24 And therefore O children listen to me and be attentive to [the] words of mouth my.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O all of you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 May not it turn aside to ways her heart your may not it go astray in pathways her.
Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For many slain [ones] she has made fall and [are] numerous all killed [men] her.
For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
