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| 1
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. |
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My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; |
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My son, keep my words, And treasure my commandments within you. |
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Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine
eye. |
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keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple
of your eye; |
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Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple
of your eye. |
| 3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine
heart. |
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bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your
heart. |
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Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your
heart. |
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Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding
thy kinswoman: |
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight
your intimate friend; |
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding
[your] intimate friend; |
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That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger
which flattereth with her words. |
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to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with
her smooth words. |
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That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner
who flatters with her words. |
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For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, |
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For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, |
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For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice, |
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding, |
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and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the
youths, a young man without sense, |
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And I saw among the naive, I discerned among the youths, A young
man lacking sense, |
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Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the
way to her house, |
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passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to
her house |
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Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the
way to her house, |
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In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: |
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in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. |
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In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night
and [in] the darkness. |
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And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot,
and subtil of heart. |
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And lo, a woman meets him, dressed as a harlot, wily of heart. |
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And behold, a woman [comes] to meet him, Dressed as a harlot
and cunning of heart. |
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(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: |
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She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home; |
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She is boisterous and rebellious; Her feet do not remain at
home; |
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Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at
every corner.) |
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now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she
lies in wait. |
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[She is] now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by
every corner. |
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So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face
said unto him, |
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She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says
to him: |
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So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she
says to him: |
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I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. |
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"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; |
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"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid
my vows. |
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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy
face, and I have found thee. |
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so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and
I have found you. |
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"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence
earnestly, and I have found you. |
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I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved
works, with fine linen of Egypt. |
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I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian
linen; |
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"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens
of Egypt. |
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
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"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. |
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves. |
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Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight
ourselves with love. |
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"Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let
us delight ourselves with caresses. |
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For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: |
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For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey; |
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"For the man is not at home, He has gone on a long journey; |
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He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at
the day appointed. |
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he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home." |
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He has taken a bag of money with him, At full moon he will come
home. " |
| 21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she forced him. |
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With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth
talk she compels him. |
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With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering
lips she seduces him. |
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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; |
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All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast |
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Suddenly he follows her, As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or
as [one in] fetters to the discipline of a fool, |
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Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. |
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till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a
snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. |
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Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens
to the snare, So he does not know that it [will cost him] his
life. |
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Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to
the words of my mouth. |
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And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words
of my mouth. |
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Now therefore, [my] sons, listen to me, And pay attention to
the words of my mouth. |
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Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her
paths. |
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Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into
her paths; |
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Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into
her paths. |
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For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have
been slain by her. |
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for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a
mighty host. |
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For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are
all her slain. |
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Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of
death. |
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Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of
death. |
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Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of
death. |
