Proverbs 7:1-13 Parallel Bible Translations

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1	My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.	My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;	My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
2	Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.	keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;	Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3	Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.	bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.	Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4	Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:	Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend,	Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5	That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.	to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.	They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
6	For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;	For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,	At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
7	And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,	and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,	I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
8	Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,	passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house	He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
9	In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.	in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.	at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
10	And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.	And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.	Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11	(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:	She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;	(She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
12	Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)	now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.	now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
13	So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:	She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,	She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
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