New English Translation
Proverbs 7:9
9in the twilight, the evening, in the dark 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
7and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom. 8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. 10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. 11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain 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 when none of the household servants were there in the house.
- Job 24:13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
- Romans 13:12The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
- Ephesians 5:11Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Exodus 12:6You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown.
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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