| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; | 1My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. |
| 2keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; | 2Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. |
| 3bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. | 3Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend, | 4Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend; |
| 5to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. | 5That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. |
| 6For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, | 6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice, |
| 7and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense, | 7And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense, |
| 8passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house | 8Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house, |
| 9in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. | 9In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. |
| 10And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. | 10And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart. |
| 11She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; | 11She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home; |
| 12now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. | 12She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner. |
| 13She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him, | 13So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: |
| 14“I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; | 14"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows. |
| 15so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you. | 15"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you. |
| 16I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen; | 16"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt. |
| 17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. |
| 18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love. | 18"Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses. |
| 19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; | 19"For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey; |
| 20he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.” | 20He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home." |
| 21With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. | 21With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. |
| 22All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast | 22Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, |
| 23till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. | 23Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life. |
| 24And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. | 24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth. |
| 25Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, | 25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths. |
| 26for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. | 26For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain. |
| 27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. | 27Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death. |
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