Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 7:9
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
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 beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house; In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. 10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and wily of heart. 11She is clamorous, and wilful; her feet abide not in her house:
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:9 word by word
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:9
- Genesis 39:11And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
- Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
- Romans 13:12The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- Ephesians 5:11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
- Exodus 12:6and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.
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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