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.
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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)