Proverbs 7:10
8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
12 Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- KJV
- And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
- WEB
- Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
- ASV
- And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
- DARBY
- And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
- BLB
- And behold, a woman to meet him, [in] the garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart.
- ÅB
- Da kom en kvinne ham i møte i en skjøges klær og med svikefullt hjerte.
- OTB
- Og se, en kvinne kommer for å møte ham, kledd som en prostituert og med listig hjerte.
- B1930
- Da kom en kvinne ham i møte i en skjøges klær og med svikefullt hjerte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 11:2–3
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:16–24
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
Read in context1 Timothy 2:9
Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
Read in context2 Kings 9:30
Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
Read in contextJeremiah 4:30
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
Read in contextGenesis 38:14–15
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Read in contextIsaiah 23:16
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
Read in context2 Kings 9:22
When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
Read in context