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Proverbs 7:12

10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

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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
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

    She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

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  • Proverbs 9:14

    For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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  • Revelation 18:3

    For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

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  • Jeremiah 2:33

    Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

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  • Jeremiah 2:36

    Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

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  • Jeremiah 2:20

    For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

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  • Ezekiel 16:31

    In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

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  • Revelation 18:23

    And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

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