Warnings about the Adulteress 1 UEB My son, keep my words and store up my commands within yourself. BSB BSB: My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
2 UEB Keep my commands and live and keep my instruction as the apple of your eye. BSB BSB: Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 UEB Tie them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. BSB BSB: Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 UEB Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman, BSB BSB: Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
5 UEB in order to keep yourself from the adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her smooth words. BSB BSB: that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
6 UEB At the window of my house I was looking out through the lattice. BSB BSB: For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
7 UEB I looked at the naive people, and I noticed among the young men a youth who had no sense. BSB BSB: I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
8 UEB That young man passed down the street near her corner, and he went toward her house. BSB BSB: crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 UEB It was twilight, in the evening of the day, at the time of night and darkness. BSB BSB: at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
10 UEB There a woman met him, dressed like a prostitute, with a false heart. BSB BSB: Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 UEB She was loud and wayward; her feet did not stay at home. BSB BSB: She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
12 UEB Now in the streets, then in the market place, and at every corner she waited in ambush. BSB BSB: Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
13 UEB So she grabbed him and kissed him, with a strong face she said to him, BSB BSB: She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
14 UEB "I made my peace offering today, I paid my vows, BSB BSB: “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15 UEB so came I out to meet you, to eagerly seek your face, and I have found you. BSB BSB: So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
16 UEB I have spread coverings on my bed, colored linens from Egypt. BSB BSB: I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17 UEB I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. BSB BSB: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 UEB Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us take great pleasure in acts of love. BSB BSB: Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
19 UEB For my husband is not at his house; he has gone on a long journey. BSB BSB: For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 UEB He took a bag of money with him; he will return on the day of the full moon." BSB BSB: He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21 UEB With much talk she turned him; with her smooth lips she misled him. BSB BSB: With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
22 UEB He went after her suddenly like an ox going to slaughter, like a deer caught in a trap, BSB BSB: He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
23 UEB until an arrow pierces through its liver. He was like a bird rushing into a snare. He did not know that it would cost his life. BSB BSB: until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
24 UEB Now, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to the words of my mouth. BSB BSB: Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 UEB May your heart not turn aside onto her paths; do not be led astray onto her paths. BSB BSB: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
26 UEB She has caused many people to fall down pierced; her dead victims are very many. BSB BSB: For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
27 UEB Her house is on the paths to Sheol; they go down to the dark bedrooms of death. BSB BSB: Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
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