# Proverbs 7 ## Proverbs 7:1 - [KJV] My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. - [ASV] My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. - [YLT] My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:1 - ## Proverbs 7:2 - [KJV] Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. - [ASV] Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. - [YLT] Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:2 - ## Proverbs 7:3 - [KJV] Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. - [ASV] Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. - [YLT] Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:3 - ## Proverbs 7:4 - [KJV] Say unto wisdom, Thou *art* my sister; and call understanding *thy* kinswoman: - [ASV] Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding *thy* kinswoman: - [YLT] Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou *art*.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!' ### Notes on Proverbs 7:4 - ## Proverbs 7:5 - [KJV] That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger *which* flattereth with her words. - [ASV] That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From he foreigner that flattereth with her words. - [YLT] To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:5 - ## Proverbs 7:6 - [KJV] For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, - [ASV] For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; - [YLT] For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:6 - ## Proverbs 7:7 - [KJV] And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, - [ASV] And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, - [YLT] And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:7 - ## Proverbs 7:8 - [KJV] Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, - [ASV] Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, - [YLT] Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way *to* her house he doth step, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:8 - ## Proverbs 7:9 - [KJV] 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. - [YLT] In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:9 - ## Proverbs 7:10 - [KJV] And, behold, there met him a woman *with* the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. - [ASV] And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. - [YLT] And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:10 - ## Proverbs 7:11 - [KJV] (She *is* loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: - [ASV] She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: - [YLT] Noisy she *is*, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:11 - ## Proverbs 7:12 - [KJV] Now *is she* without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) - [ASV] Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner. - [YLT] Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) -- ### Notes on Proverbs 7:12 - ## Proverbs 7:13 - [KJV] So she caught him, and kissed him, *and* with an impudent face said unto him, - [ASV] So she caught him, and kissed him, *And* with an impudent face she said unto him: - [YLT] And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:13 - ## Proverbs 7:14 - [KJV] *I have* peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. - [ASV] Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. - [YLT] 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings *are* by me, To-day I have completed my vows. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:14 - ## Proverbs 7:15 - [KJV] Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. - [ASV] Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. - [YLT] Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:15 - ## Proverbs 7:16 - [KJV] I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved *works*, with fine linen of Egypt. - [ASV] I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. - [YLT] *With* ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:16 - ## Proverbs 7:17 - [KJV] I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. - [ASV] I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. - [YLT] I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:17 - ## Proverbs 7:18 - [KJV] Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. - [ASV] Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. - [YLT] Come, we are filled *with* loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:18 - ## Proverbs 7:19 - [KJV] For the goodman *is* not at home, he is gone a long journey: - [ASV] For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: - [YLT] For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:19 - ## Proverbs 7:20 - [KJV] He hath taken a bag of money with him, *and* will come home at the day appointed. - [ASV] He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. - [YLT] A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.' ### Notes on Proverbs 7:20 - ## Proverbs 7:21 - [KJV] With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. - [ASV] With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. - [YLT] She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:21 - ## Proverbs 7:22 - [KJV] He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; - [ASV] He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as *one in* fetters to the correction of the fool; - [YLT] He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:22 - ## Proverbs 7:23 - [KJV] Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it *is* for 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. - [YLT] Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it *is* for its life. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:23 - ## Proverbs 7:24 - [KJV] Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. - [ASV] Now therefore, *my* sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth. - [YLT] And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:24 - ## Proverbs 7:25 - [KJV] Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. - [ASV] Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. - [YLT] Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths, ### Notes on Proverbs 7:25 - ## Proverbs 7:26 - [KJV] For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong *men* have been slain by her. - [ASV] For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. - [YLT] For many *are* the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty *are* all her slain ones. ### Notes on Proverbs 7:26 - ## Proverbs 7:27 - [KJV] Her house *is* the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. - [ASV] Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death. - [YLT] The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death! ### Notes on Proverbs 7:27 -