Warnings about the Adulteress 1 ULT My son, keep my sayings and store up my commandments with you. BSB BSB: My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
2 ULT Keep my commandments and live, and my law, as the pupil of your eyes. BSB BSB: Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 ULT 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 ULT Say to Wisdom,“You{ are} my sister,” and call to Understanding,“Kinsman,” BSB BSB: Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
5 ULT in order to keep you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman who makes her sayings smooth. BSB BSB: that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
6 ULT For at the window of my house, through the window lattice, I looked down. BSB BSB: For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
7 ULT And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man lacking of heart BSB BSB: I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
8 ULT passing through the lane beside her corner, and he steps{ in} the way of her house, BSB BSB: crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 ULT in the twilight breeze, in the evening of day, in the pupil of the night and darkness. BSB BSB: at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
10 ULT And behold,{ there is} a woman to meet him,{ with} the garment of a prostitute and guarded of heart. BSB BSB: Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 ULT (She{ is} a loud and rebellious one; her feet do not stay in her house. BSB BSB: She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
12 ULT At{ one} time in the street, at{ another} time in the open areas, and beside every corner she lies in wait.) BSB BSB: Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
13 ULT And she grabs him and kisses him; she strengthens her face and says to him, BSB BSB: She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
14 ULT “The sacrifices of peace offerings{ are} with me; today I paid my vows. BSB BSB: “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
15 ULT Therefore, I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I found you. BSB BSB: So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
16 ULT I have spread my couch{ with} coverings, colored linen of Egypt. BSB BSB: I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
17 ULT 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 ULT Come, let us drink fully of lovemaking until the morning; let us delight ourselves with loves! BSB BSB: Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
19 ULT For the man is not in his house; he went on a road far away. BSB BSB: For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 ULT He took the bag of silver in his hand; on the day of the full moon he will enter his house.” BSB BSB: He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21 ULT She leads him astray with the abundance of her instruction; with the smoothness of her lips she compels him. BSB BSB: With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
22 ULT Following after her suddenly, like an ox to slaughter he goes, and like an ankle chain to the correction of a fool, BSB BSB: He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
23 ULT until an arrow splits his liver; like a bird rushing into a trap, and he did not know that it{ was} for 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 ULT And now, sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth. BSB BSB: Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
25 ULT Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not wander into her tracks. BSB BSB: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
26 ULT For she has caused many pierced ones to fall, and numerous{ are} all her slain ones. BSB BSB: For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
27 ULT Her house{ is} the ways of Sheol, descending to the rooms of death. BSB BSB: Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
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