Proverbs 23:28
Strong's Lexicon
Like a robber
כְּחֶ֣תֶף (kə·ḥe·ṯep̄)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2863: 1) prey 2) (CLBL) robber

she
הִ֭יא ()
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

lies in wait
תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב (te·’ĕ·rōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 693: 1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie in wait 1a2) ambush (participle as subst) 1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

and multiplies
תּוֹסִֽף׃ (tō·w·sip̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: 1) to add, increase, do again 1a) (Qal) to add, increase, do again 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to join, join oneself to 1b2) to be joined, be added to 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to add, increase 1c2) to do more, do again

the faithless
וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים (ū·ḇō·wḡ·ḏîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 898: 1) to act treacherously, deceitfully, deal treacherously 1a) (Qal) to act or deal treacherously, faithlessly, deceitfully, offend

among men.
בְּאָדָ֥ם (bə·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: 1) man, mankind 1a) man, human being 1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT) 1c) Adam, first man 1d) city in Jordan valley

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Young's Literal Translation
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

New American Standard Bible
Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.

King James Bible
She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

New Living Translation
She hides and waits like a robber, eager to make more men unfaithful.

English Standard Version
She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.

New American Standard Bible
Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.

King James Bible
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

International Standard Version
Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

NET Bible
Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

American Standard Version
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

English Revised Version
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

Young's Literal Translation
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
















Cross References
Proverbs 6:26
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 23:27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Proverbs 23:25
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Proverbs 23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Proverbs 23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:31
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
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