Proverbs 7:1-12 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My son, obey my words, and treasure my commands. 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 commands and live, and guard my instructions as you would the pupil of your 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 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your 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 to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your relative. 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 She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a wayward woman with her flattering talk. 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 At the window of my house I looked 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 I saw among the inexperienced, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking sense. 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 Crossing the street near her corner, he strolled down the road 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 at twilight, in the evening, in the dark of the night. 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 A woman came to meet him dressed like a prostitute, having a hidden agenda. 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 loud and defiant; her feet do not stay at home. 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 in the street, now in the squares, she lurks 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.)
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