Proverbs 7:1

AMP: My son, keep my wordsAnd treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].

ASV: My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

BSB: My son, keep my wordsand treasure my commandments within you.

DARBY: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

DRA: My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,

KJV: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Proverbs 7:2

AMP: Keep my commandments and live,And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.

ASV: Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.

BSB: Keep my commandments and live;guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

DARBY: Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.

DRA: Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:

KJV: Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Proverbs 7:3

AMP: Bind them [securely] on your fingers;Write them on the tablet of your heart.

ASV: Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

BSB: Tie them to your fingers;write them on the tablet of your heart.

DARBY: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

DRA: Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

KJV: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Proverbs 7:4

AMP: Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;

ASV: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

BSB: Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”and call understanding your kinsman,

DARBY: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:

DRA: Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,

KJV: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Proverbs 7:5

AMP: That they may keep you from the immoral woman,From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.

ASV: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

BSB: that they may keep you from the adulteress,from the stranger with seductive words.

DARBY: that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

DRA: That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

KJV: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 7:6

AMP: ¶For at the window of my houseI looked out through my lattice.

ASV: For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

BSB: For at the window of my houseI looked through the lattice.

DARBY: For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

DRA: For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,

KJV: For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Proverbs 7:7

AMP: And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible],I saw among the youthsA young man lacking [good] sense,

ASV: And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

BSB: I saw among the simple,I noticed among the youths,a young man lacking judgment,

DARBY: and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,

DRA: And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,

KJV: And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

Proverbs 7:8

AMP: Passing through the street near her corner;And he took the path to her house

ASV: Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

BSB: crossing the street near her corner,strolling down the road to her house,

DARBY: passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

DRA: Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.

KJV: Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Proverbs 7:9

AMP: In the twilight, in the evening;In the black and dark night.

ASV: In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

BSB: at twilight, as the day was fadinginto the dark of the night.

DARBY: in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

DRA: In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,

KJV: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

Proverbs 7:10

AMP: And there a woman met him,Dressed as a prostitute and sly and cunning of heart.

ASV: And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

BSB: Then a woman came out to meet him,with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

DARBY: And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

DRA: And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire prepared to deceive souls; talkative and wandering,

KJV: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Proverbs 7:11

AMP: She was boisterous and rebellious;She would not stay at home.

ASV: She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

BSB: She is loud and defiant;her feet do not remain at home.

DARBY: She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:

DRA: Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,

KJV: (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Proverbs 7:12

AMP: At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places,Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner.

ASV: Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.

BSB: Now in the street, now in the squares,she lurks at every corner.

DARBY: now without, now in the broadways, and she lieth in wait at every corner.

DRA: Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.

KJV: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Proverbs 7:13

AMP: So she caught him and kissed himAnd with a brazen and impudent face she said to him:

ASV: So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:

BSB: She seizes him and kisses him;she brazenly says to him:

DARBY: And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

DRA: And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:

KJV: So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

Proverbs 7:14

AMP: “I have peace offerings with me;Today I have paid my vows.

ASV: Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.

BSB: “I have made my peace offerings;today I have paid my vows.

DARBY: I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:

DRA: I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.

KJV: I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

Proverbs 7:15

AMP: “So I came out to meet you [that you might share with me the feast of my offering],Diligently I sought your face and I have found you.

ASV: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

BSB: So I came out to meet you;I sought you, and I have found you.

DARBY: therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

DRA: Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.

KJV: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Proverbs 7:16

AMP: “I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry,With colored fine linen of Egypt.

ASV: I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

BSB: I have decked my bed with coverings,with colored linen from Egypt.

DARBY: I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;

DRA: I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.

KJV: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

Proverbs 7:17

AMP: “I have perfumed my bedWith myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

ASV: I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

BSB: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,with aloes, and with cinnamon.

DARBY: I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

DRA: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

KJV: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:18

AMP: “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;Let us console and delight ourselves with love.

ASV: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

BSB: Come, let us take our fill of love till morning.Let us delight in loving caresses!

DARBY: Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.

DRA: Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.

KJV: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Proverbs 7:19

AMP: “For my husband is not at home.He has gone on a long journey;

ASV: For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

BSB: For my husband is not at home;he has gone on a long journey.

DARBY: For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

DRA: For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.

KJV: For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

Proverbs 7:20

AMP: He has taken a bag of money with him,And he will come home on the appointed day.”

ASV: He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.

BSB: He took with him a bag of moneyand will not return till the moon is full.”

DARBY: he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.

DRA: He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.

KJV: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

Proverbs 7:21

AMP: With her many persuasions she caused him to yield;With her flattering lips she seduced him.

ASV: With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

BSB: With her great persuasion she entices him;with her flattering lips she lures him.

DARBY: With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

DRA: She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.

KJV: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Proverbs 7:22

AMP: Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

ASV: He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

BSB: He follows her on impulse,like an ox going to the slaughter,like a deer bounding into a trap,

DARBY: He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;

DRA: Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

KJV: He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 7:23

AMP: Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,He did not know that it would cost him his life.

ASV: Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

BSB: until an arrow pierces his liver,like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

DARBY: till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

DRA: Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.

KJV: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Proverbs 7:24

AMP: ¶Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

ASV: Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

BSB: Now, my sons, listen to me,and attend to the words of my mouth.

DARBY: And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

DRA: Now therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

KJV: Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:25

AMP: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths.

ASV: Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

BSB: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways;do not stray into her paths.

DARBY: Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:

DRA: Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.

KJV: Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Proverbs 7:26

AMP: For she has cast down many [mortally] wounded;Indeed, all who were killed by her were strong. [Neh 13:26]

ASV: For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

BSB: For she has brought many down to death;her slain are many in number.

DARBY: for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.

DRA: For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.

KJV: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

Proverbs 7:27

AMP: Her house is the way to Sheol,Descending to the chambers of death. [1 Cor 6:9]

ASV: Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

BSB: Her house is the road to Sheol,descending to the chambers of death.

DARBY: Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

DRA: Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.

KJV: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

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