My LORD’s BibleProverbs 7
1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֹתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּךְ׃ (2446)
See also: Deuteronomy 4:9, Hebrews 2:1, Psalms 90:12, Proverbs 4:20, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 1:8, Proverbs 4:21, Luke 11:28, Revelation 1:3, John 14:23, Revelation 22:9, Job 22:22, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 6:20, John 5:38, John 15:20, Deuteronomy 11:28, Luke 8:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, Genesis 49:2
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
שְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתֹורָתִי כְּאִישֹׁון עֵינֶיךָ׃ (2684)
See also: Psalms 17:8, Deuteronomy 11:18, Leviticus 18:5, Proverbs 4:4, 1 John 2:3-4, John 14:21, 1 John 5:1-3, Deuteronomy 32:10, Proverbs 4:13, Isaiah 55:3, John 12:49-50, John 15:14, Zechariah 2:8, Revelation 22:14
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
קָשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ׃ (1991)
See also: Deuteronomy 11:18-20, Proverbs 3:3, Deuteronomy 6:8-9, Deuteronomy 6:6, Jeremiah 31:33, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Isaiah 30:8, Proverbs 6:21, Jeremiah 17:1
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
אֱמֹר לַחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא׃ (2082)
See also: Proverbs 1:2, Proverbs 2:2-4, Proverbs 4:6-8, Proverbs 4:1, Job 17:14, Song of Solomon 8:1, Matthew 12:49-50, Luke 11:27-28
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה׃ (1887)
See also: 1 Corinthians 6:18, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 5:3, Proverbs 7:21, 1 Kings 11:1, Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 29:5, Genesis 39:8, Genesis 39:10, Proverbs 5:20, Proverbs 20:16, James 3:6
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
כִּי בְּחַלֹּון בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָפְתִּי׃ (1927)
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵב׃ (1533)
See also: Psalms 119:9, Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 1:22, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16, Proverbs 10:13, Jeremiah 4:22, Matthew 15:16, Romans 16:18-19, 2 Samuel 13:12, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 107:17, Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 14:18
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָד׃ (1757)
See also: Judges 16:1, 2 Samuel 11:2-3, Proverbs 4:14-15, Proverbs 5:8, Proverbs 7:12, 1 Corinthians 6:18, 2 Timothy 2:22, Jude 1:23
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
בְּנֶשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יֹום בְּאִישֹׁון לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה׃ (1328)
10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתֹו שִׁית זֹונָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵב׃ (2665)
See also: 1 Timothy 2:9, Isaiah 3:16-24, 2 Corinthians 11:2-3, 2 Kings 9:30, Jeremiah 4:30, Genesis 38:14-15, 2 Kings 9:22, Proverbs 11:22, Isaiah 23:16, Genesis 3:1, Revelation 17:3-5, Leviticus 15:20, Proverbs 5:6, Proverbs 9:14, Proverbs 20:16, Ezekiel 23:40
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶיהָ׃ (2026)
See also: Proverbs 9:13, Titus 2:5, Proverbs 31:10-31, 1 Timothy 5:13-14, Genesis 18:9, Proverbs 25:24, Proverbs 27:14-15, Jeremiah 3:2, Ezekiel 16:30
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
פַּעַם ׀ בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבֹות וְאֵצֶל כָּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹב׃ (2019)
See also: Proverbs 23:28, Proverbs 9:14, Revelation 18:3, Genesis 38:14, Proverbs 7:8, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 2:33, Jeremiah 2:36, Jeremiah 3:2, Ezekiel 16:24-25, Ezekiel 16:31, Revelation 18:23
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בֹּו וְנָשְׁקָה־לֹּו הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֹו׃ (1561)
See also: Genesis 39:12, Proverbs 30:20, Genesis 39:10, Numbers 25:6-8, Genesis 39:7, Numbers 25:1, Numbers 31:16, Deuteronomy 28:50, Proverbs 6:35, Proverbs 9:15, Proverbs 21:29, Isaiah 50:7, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 3:7-9, Ezekiel 16:33, Revelation 2:20
14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיֹּום שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָי׃ (1662)
See also: Proverbs 21:27, Leviticus 7:11, Deuteronomy 12:6-7, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 17:1, John 18:28, Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 7:15-16, Leviticus 22:21, Numbers 7:23, 2 Samuel 15:7-9, 1 Kings 21:9-10, Jeremiah 7:10, James 5:5
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶךָּ׃ (2288)
See also: Genesis 39:7
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבֹות אֵטוּן מִצְרָיִם׃ (2363)
See also: Proverbs 31:22, Isaiah 19:9, 1 Kings 10:28, Ezekiel 27:7, Song of Solomon 3:7-10, Ezekiel 23:41, Revelation 2:22, Song of Solomon 1:16
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֹון׃ (1490)
See also: Esther 2:12, Psalms 45:8, Song of Solomon 4:14, Isaiah 3:24, Isaiah 57:7-9, Exodus 30:23, Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 4:13-14, Isaiah 57:9, John 19:39, Revelation 18:13
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִים׃ (1430)
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתֹו הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֹוק׃ (1462)
See also: Matthew 20:11, Luke 12:45-46, Psalms 50:18, Matthew 24:43, Matthew 24:48, Mark 13:34-36, Luke 12:39
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
צְרֹור־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדֹו לְיֹום הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֹו׃ (1424)
See also: 2 Chronicles 2:4
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק פָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ׃ (1880)
See also: Proverbs 5:3, James 3:6, Judges 16:16, Proverbs 1:10, Proverbs 7:5, Ecclesiastes 7:26, 2 Kings 4:8, Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 29:5, Judges 16:19, Psalms 12:2, Luke 24:29, 1 Corinthians 2:4, Judges 14:17, Judges 16:5, Judges 16:6, Judges 16:15-17, 2 Chronicles 24:17, Nehemiah 6:4, Job 31:9
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
הֹולֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשֹׁור אֶל־טָבַח יָבֹוא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוִיל׃ (1961)
See also: Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 11:19, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Job 13:27, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 23:28, Jeremiah 11:19, Esther 5:12, Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 5:4, Proverbs 10:13, Jeremiah 20:2, Acts 14:13, Acts 16:24, Psalms 107:17, Proverbs 19:29
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּבֵדֹו כְּמַהֵר צִפֹּור אֶל־פָּח וְלֹא־יָדַע כִּי־בְנַפְשֹׁו הוּא׃ (1693)
See also: Psalms 91:3, Ecclesiastes 9:12, Proverbs 1:17, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 26:18, Numbers 25:8-9, Job 20:24, Proverbs 5:11, Proverbs 6:26, Exodus 13:9, Isaiah 55:2
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִי׃ (1839)
See also: Psalms 34:11, Proverbs 5:7, Proverbs 4:1, Proverbs 8:32-33, Isaiah 48:12, Galatians 4:19, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, 1 John 2:1, Genesis 49:2, Mark 4:3, James 2:5, 1 Corinthians 4:14-15
25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבֹותֶיהָ׃ (2458)
See also: Proverbs 5:8, Proverbs 6:25, Isaiah 53:6, Proverbs 9:15, Malachi 2:15, Matthew 5:28, Genesis 39:8, Psalms 119:176, Proverbs 4:14-15, Proverbs 5:23, Proverbs 23:31-33, Jeremiah 18:17
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
כִּי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶיהָ׃ (1059)
See also: Proverbs 31:3, Judges 16:19, Nehemiah 13:26, 1 Peter 2:11, Judges 16:16, 1 Kings 11:1-2, Proverbs 6:33, Proverbs 21:16, 1 Corinthians 10:8, Judges 16:21, 2 Samuel 3:6-8, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 12:9-11, 2 Corinthians 12:21
27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
דַּרְכֵי שְׁאֹול בֵּיתָהּ יֹרְדֹות אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָוֶת׃ (2307)
See also: Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 9:18, Matthew 7:13, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 2:18-19, Proverbs 15:24, Revelation 22:15, Ecclesiastes 7:26, Luke 16:23