Proverbs 9:13-18 Parallel Bible Translations

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
13	A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,	The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.	Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
14	Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,	She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,	She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15	To call such as go by, and that walke straight in their wayes.	calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,	calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
16	Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,	“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says,	“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
17	Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.	“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”	“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18	And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.	But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.	But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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