Proverbs 7:1-9 Parallel Bible Translations

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	NLT New Living Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	Follow my advice, my son; always 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	Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.	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 as a reminder. Write them deep within 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	Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.	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	Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.	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	While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain,	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 some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common 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	He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman, strolling down the path by 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	It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell.	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.
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