Warnings about the Adulteress
Proverbs 7:27
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
- KJV
- Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
- WEB
- Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.Sheol is the place of the dead.
- ASV
- Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
- LSV
- The ways of Sheol—her house, || Going down to inner chambers of death!
- YLT
- The ways of Sheol — her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
- DBY
- Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
- DRC
- Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
- GNV
- Her house is the way vnto ye graue, which goeth downe to the chambers of death.
- JPS
- Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.
- LXXE
- Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.Gr. ways.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתָ֑הּ יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃
- LXX-Br
- Ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς, κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμιεῖα τοῦ θανάτου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Attire; Dyed AttireAdulteryHarlot (Prostitute)Young MenLasciviousnessChastityHellProverbs, the Book ofDeathWomen
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
- Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Proverbs 2:18–19For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- 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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).