Warnings about the Adulteress
Proverbs 7:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
- KJV
- And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
- WEB
- Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
- ASV
- And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
- LSV
- And behold, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,
- YLT
- And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
- DBY
- And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
- DRC
- And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot’s attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,
- GNV
- And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.
- JPS
- And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
- LXXE
- and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב׃
- LXX-Br
- ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ, εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικὸν, ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AdulteryAttire; Dyed AttireHarlot (Prostitute)Subtil; Subtle; Subtlety; SubtiltyYoung MenLasciviousnessHarlotIgnoranceProverbs, the Book ofWoman
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Corinthians 11:2–3I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be…
- Isaiah 3:16–24The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— the Lord will bring sores on the…
- 1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- Jeremiah 4:30And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise…
- 2 Kings 9:30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
- Genesis 38:14–15she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given…
- 2 Kings 9:22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
- Isaiah 23:16“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
- Revelation 17:3–5And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple…
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).