Proverbs 7:20
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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
- He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
- KJV
- He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
- WEB
- He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
- ASV
- He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.
- DARBY
- he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
- BLB
- A bag of silver he has taken with him; on the day of the full moon he will enter his house.”
- ÅB
- pengepungen tok han med seg, først ved fullmåne kommer han hjem.
- OTB
- Han har tatt en pose med penger med seg og vil ikke komme tilbake før fullmånen.»
- B1930
- pengepungen tok han med sig, først ved fullmåne kommer han hjem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
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