Proverbs 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My son, pay attention to my words. Treasure my commands that are within you. 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 Obey my commands so that you may live. Follow my teachings just as you protect 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 on 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.| Give the name |my relative| to understanding 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 in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth 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 From a window in my house I looked through my screen. 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 was looking at gullible people when I saw a young man without much sense among youths. 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 He was crossing a street near her corner and walking toward 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, in the dark hours 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 with an ulterior motive meets him. She is dressed as a prostitute. 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 rebellious. Her feet will 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 One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl 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 She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to 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:
14 |I have some sacrificial meat. Today I kept my vows. “I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; “Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
15 That's why I came to meet you. Eagerly, I looked for you, and I've found you. so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you. So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
16 I've made my bed, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen. I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen; I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I've sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning. Let's enjoy making love, Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love. Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
19 because my husband's not home. He has gone on a long trip. For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took lots of money with him. He won't be home for a couple of weeks.| he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.” He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.”
21 With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in. With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
22 He immediately follows her like a steer on its way to be slaughtered, like a ram hobbling into captivity All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
23 until an arrow pierces his heart, like a bird darting into a trap. He does not realize that it will cost him his life. till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
24 Now, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words from my mouth. And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
25 Do not let your heart be turned to her ways. Do not wander onto her paths, Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
26 because she has brought down many victims, and she has killed all too many. for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her home is the way to hell and leads to the darkest vaults of death. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
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