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Warnings about the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:6

In 11 translations

BSB
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
KJV
¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
WEB
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
ASV
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
LSV
For at a window of my house, || I have looked out through my casement,
YLT
For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
DBY
For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
DRC
For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,
GNV
As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
JPS
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
LXXE
For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

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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
כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃
LXX-Br
Ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 26:8When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  • Judges 5:28Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
  • 2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • Content check: this verse also contains the text of KJV Prov.7.7.
  • Content check: this verse also contains the text of KJV Prov.7.7. (transferred from brenton)

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