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Proverbs 7:12
12Instead she would stand in the streets and in the market place. She would wait at the corners of the streets to find a man.
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 the woman came out to meet him! She was wearing the clothes of a prostitute. She knew what she wanted to do. 11This was a woman who did not respect anyone. She was not ashamed of the bad things that she did. She never stayed at her home. Instead she would stand in the streets and in the market place. She would wait at the corners of the streets to find a man. 13Now she took hold of the young man and she kissed him. She looked into his eyes without any shame. 14She said to him, ‘I offered a sacrifice to God today and I have the meat at my home.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:12 word by word
פַּ֤עַם׀ בַּח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת וְאֵ֖צֶל כָּל־פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:12
- Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house. She also has a seat at the highest part of the city.
- Proverbs 23:28They are like robbers who wait to attack people. They take more and more men away from their wives.
- Jeremiah 2:20‘A long time ago, you stopped obeying me. You refused to accept my authority. You said, “I will not serve you!” Instead, you go up on the hills to worship other gods. You lie down under the green trees, and you live like prostitutes.
- Jeremiah 3:2Look up at the tops of the hills. You have loved other gods on all of them! You sat by the side of the road, and you waited for a lover to come. Like a robber, you waited to catch men so that you could sleep with them. You have not been faithful to me, but you have looked for other gods, like a prostitute. The wicked things that you have done have made the land unclean.
- Ezekiel 16:24In the public places of every town you built huts to worship your idols.
- Revelation 18:3She has been like a prostitute who makes men become drunk. Then she leads them to have sex in a wrong way. She has caused people from every nation to turn away from God. It is like all the kings of the earth have had sex with that bad woman. All the traders of the earth have become rich, because she has bought things from them to enjoy a wicked life.’
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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