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 thee.
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 thine eye.
3 Bind them on fingers your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
4 Say to wisdom [are] sister my you and a relative to discernment you will call.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
5 To keep you from a woman strange from a foreign [woman] [who] words her she makes smooth.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth 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 forth through my lattice;
7 And I saw among the naive people I observed among the sons a youth lacking of heart.
And I 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 of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
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 a harlot, and wily of heart.
11 [is] boisterous She and rebellious in house her not they stay feet her.
(She is clamorous and wilful; 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 she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth 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 impudent face she said unto him:
14 Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] on me this day I have paid vows my.
Sacrifices of peace-offerings are 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 thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 Coverings I have spread couch my colored fabrics linen of Egypt.
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn 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 man 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 hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
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 causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
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 goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;
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 an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 And therefore O children listen to me and be attentive to [the] words of mouth my.
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, 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 thy 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 hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
