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Warnings about the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:8

In 11 translations

BSB
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
KJV
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
WEB
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
ASV
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
LSV
Passing on in the street, near her corner, || And the way [to] her house he steps,
YLT
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
DBY
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
DRC
Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
GNV
Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
JPS
Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
LXXE7:7
passing by the corner in the passages near her house,Gr. of.

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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
עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד׃
LXX-Br7:7
ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
  • Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
  • 2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • 2 Samuel 11:2–3One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This…
  • Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
  • Proverbs 4:14–15Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
  • Proverbs 7:12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

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: text matches KJV Prov.7.8 (word overlap 0.67), not Prov.7.7 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Prov.7.7 (TVTMS action was 'identity').
  • Content check: text matches KJV Prov.7.8 (word overlap 0.67), not Prov.7.7 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Prov.7.7 (TVTMS action was 'identity'). (transferred from brenton)

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