Proverbs 7:12
10 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.
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:
14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
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
- Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
- KJV
- Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
- WEB
- Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
- ASV
- Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.
- DARBY
- now without, now in the broadways, and she lieth in wait at every corner.
- BLB
- Once in the street, once in the open squares, and beside every corner she lies in wait.
- ÅB
- Snart er hun på gater, snart på torver, og ved hvert hjørne lurer hun.
- OTB
- nå i gatene, nå på torgene, hun lurer ved hvert hjørne.
- B1930
- Snart er hun på gater, snart på torver, og ved hvert hjørne lurer hun.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:28
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Read in contextProverbs 9:14
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
Read in contextRevelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
Read in contextJeremiah 2:33
How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:36
How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:20
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:31
But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
Read in contextRevelation 18:23
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
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