Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 7:12
12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Proverbs 7:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
- New International Version (NIV)now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
- New King James Version (NKJV)At times she was outside, at times in the open square, Lurking at every corner.
Context of Proverbs 7:12
10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. 11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: 14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:12 word by word
פַּ֤עַם׀ בַּח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת וְאֵ֖צֶל כָּל־פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:12
- Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- Proverbs 23:28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- Jeremiah 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
- Jeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Ezekiel 16:24you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Now is she without - She is continually exposing herself, and showing by her gait and gestures what she is, and what she wants. These two verses are a parenthesis, intended to show the character of the woman.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. 12Prostitutes often sought customers in public places like markets and on busy street corners (for example, Genesis 38:13–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. loud--or, "noisy," "bustling." stubborn--not submissive. without ... streets, ... corner--(Compare 1Ti 5:13; Tit 2:5).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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