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Proverbs 7:11

9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.

10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

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.

13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:

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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.

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BSB
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
KJV
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
WEB
She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
ASV
She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
DARBY
She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
BLB
She [is] roaring and rebellious; in her house her feet do not dwell.
ÅB
Vill er hun og kåt; hennes føtter er ikke i ro i hennes hus.
OTB
Hun er høylytt og opprørsk; hennes føtter blir ikke hjemme;
B1930
Vill er hun og kåt; hennes føtter er ikke i ro i hennes hus.

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