Proverbs 23:28

In 11 translations

BSB

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

KJV

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.as for…: or, as a robber

WEB

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

ASV

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

LSV

She also, as catching prey, lies in wait, || And she increases the treacherous among men.

YLT

She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

DBY

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

DRC

She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.

GNV

Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.

JPS

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.

LXXE

For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַף־הִ֭יא כְּחֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּאָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף׃

LXX-Br

Οὗτος γὰρ συντόμως ἀπολεῖται, καὶ πᾶς παράνομος ἀναλωθήσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
• Proverbs 7:12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
• Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
• 1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
• Revelation 17:1–2Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who…
• Proverbs 7:22–27He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life. Now, my sons,…
• Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with…
• Proverbs 2:16–19It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the…
• Judges 16:4–22Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we…
• Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
• Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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