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Proverbs 7:9
9in the twilight, in the evening, in the dark hours of the night.
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
7I was looking at gullible people when I saw a young man without much sense among youths 8He was crossing a street near her corner and walking toward her house in the twilight, in the evening, in the dark hours of the night. 10A woman with an ulterior motive meets him. She is dressed as a prostitute. 11She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay at home.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:9 word by word
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:9
- Genesis 39:11One day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants were there.
- Job 24:13“Such people are among those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on its paths.
- Romans 13:12The night is almost over, and the day is near. So we should get rid of the things that belong to the dark and take up the weapons that belong to the light.
- Ephesians 5:11Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are.
- Exodus 12:6Take care of it until the fourteenth ⌞day⌟ of this month. “Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals.
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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