Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 7:11-27

11SheH1931 is loudH1993 and defiantH5637; her feetH7272 do notH3808 remainH7931 at homeH1004.12NowH6471 in the streetH2351, nowH6471 in the squaresH7339, she lurksH693 atH681 everyH3605 cornerH6438.13She seizesH2388 him and kissesH5401 him; she brazenlyH5810 H6440 saysH559 to him:

14“I have made my peaceH8002 H5921 offeringsH2077;todayH3117 I have paidH7999 my vowsH5088.15SoH5921 H3651 I came outH3318 to meet youH7122;I sought youH7836 H6440, and I have found youH4672.16I have deckedH7234 my bedH6210 with coveringsH4765,with coloredH2405 linenH330 from EgyptH4714.17I have perfumedH5130 my bedH4904 with myrrhH4753,with aloesH174, and with cinnamonH7076.18ComeH1980, let us take our fillH7301 of loveH1730 tillH5704 morningH1242.Let us delightH5965 in loving caressesH159!19ForH3588 my husbandH376 is notH369 at homeH1004;he has goneH1980 on a longH7350 journeyH1870.20He tookH3947 with himH3027 a bagH6872 of moneyH3701and will not returnH935 H1004 tillH3117 the moon is fullH3677.”

21With her greatH7230 persuasionH3948 she entices himH5186;with her flatteringH2506 lipsH8193 she lures himH5080.22He follows herH1980 H310 on impulseH6597,like an oxH7794 goingH935 toH413 the slaughterH2874,like a deerH191 boundingH5914 intoH413 a trapH4148,123untilH5704 an arrowH2671 piercesH6398 his liverH3516,like a birdH6833 dartingH4116 intoH413 a snareH6341—notH3808 knowingH3045 H3588 itH1931 will cost him his lifeH5315.

24NowH6258, my sonsH1121, listenH8085 to me,and attendH7181 to the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310.25Do notH408 let your heartH3820 turn asideH7847 toH413 her waysH1870;do notH408 strayH8582 into her pathsH5410.26ForH3588 she has brought manyH7227 downH5307 to deathH2491;her slainH2026 are manyH6099 in numberH3605.27Her houseH1004 is the roadH1870 to SheolH7585,descendingH3381 toH413 the chambersH2315 of deathH4194.

Notes

1. Proverbs 7:22 Probable reading (see LXX, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew like fetters to discipline a fool ↩