Proverbs 7:8
6 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,
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
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
- crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
- KJV
- Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
- WEB
- passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
- ASV
- Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
- DARBY
- passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
- BLB
- passing by on the street near her corner, and the way of her house he steps in—
- ÅB
- som gikk forbi på gaten ved hennes hjørne og gikk fram på veien til hennes hus,
- OTB
- som gikk langs gaten nær hennes hjørne, tok veien til hennes hus
- B1930
- som gikk forbi på gaten ved hennes hjørne og gikk frem på veien til hennes hus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Read in contextProverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Read in contextProverbs 4:14–15
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Read in contextJude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Read in contextProverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Read in context2 Samuel 11:2–3
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Read in contextJudges 16:1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
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