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Proverbs 7:6

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

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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
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
KJV
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
WEB
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
ASV
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
DARBY
For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
BLB
For at the window of my house I have looked through my lattice,
ÅB
For jeg så engang ut av vinduet på mitt hus, gjennom mitt gitter,
OTB
For ved vinduet i mitt hus så jeg ut gjennom gitteret,
B1930
For jeg så engang ut av vinduet på mitt hus, gjennem mitt gitter,

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Cross references

  • Genesis 26:8

    And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

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  • Judges 5:28

    The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

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  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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