American Standard Version
Proverbs 7:9
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day,In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
Proverbs 7:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
- New International Version (NIV)at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night.
Context of Proverbs 7:9
7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, 8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. 10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. 11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:9 word by word
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:9
- Genesis 39:11And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
- Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
- Romans 13:12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
- Ephesians 5:11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
- Exodus 12:6and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9In the twilight, in the evening - Some time after sun-setting; before it was quite dark. In the black and dark night - When there were neither lamps nor moon-shine.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Foolish actions are often associated with darkness (see Proverbs 4:18–19; Ecclesiastes 2:13–14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The time, twilight, ending in darkness. black ... night--literally, "pupil," or, "eye," that is, middle of night.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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