Proverbs 7

Verse 1

WEB My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

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

TSK My son: pr 1:8, pr 3:1; keep: lu 8:15, lu 11:28, joh 14:23, joh 15:20, re 1:3, re 22:9; lay: pr 2:1-7, pr 10:14, de 11:28, job 22:22

Verse 2

WEB Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

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

TSK Keep: pr 4:13, le 18:5, isa 55:3, joh 12:49,50, joh 14:21, joh 15:14, 1jo 2:3,4, 1jo 5:1-3, re 22:14; as the: de 32:10, ps 17:8, zec 2:8

Verse 3

WEB Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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

TSK Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.: pr 3:3, pr 6:21, de 6:8,9, de 11:18-20, isa 30:8, jer 17:1, jer 31:33, 2co 3:3

Verse 4

WEB Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

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

TSK Say: pr 2:2-4, pr 4:6-8; Thou: job 17:14, so 8:1, mt 12:49,50, lu 11:27,28

Verse 5

WEB that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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

TSK That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.: pr 2:16, pr 5:3, pr 6:24

Verse 6

WEB For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

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

TSK at the: ge 26:8, 2sa 6:16

Verse 7

WEB I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

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

TSK the simple: pr 1:4,22,32, pr 8:5, pr 14:15,18, pr 19:25, pr 22:3, pr 27:12, ps 19:7, ps 119:130, ro 16:18,19; void: pr 6:32, pr 9:4,16, pr 10:13, pr 12:11, pr 19:2, pr 24:30, jer 4:22, mt 15:16

Verse 8

WEB passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

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

TSK Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,: pr 4:14,15, pr 5:8, jud 16:1, 2sa 11:2,3, 1co 6:18, 2ti 2:22, jude 1:23

Verse 9

WEB in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

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

TSK the twilight: ge 39:11, job 24:13-15, ro 13:12-14, eph 5:11; evening: ex 12:6

Verse 10

WEB Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

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

TSK the attire: ge 38:14,15, 2ki 9:22,30, isa 3:16-24, isa 23:16, jer 4:30, 1ti 2:9, re 17:3-5; subtil: ge 3:1, 2co 11:2,3

Verse 11

WEB She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

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

TSK loud: pr 9:13, pr 25:24, pr 27:14,15, pr 31:10-31; her feet: ge 18:9, 1ti 5:13,14, tit 2:5

Verse 12

WEB Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

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

TSK Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.): pr 9:14, pr 23:28, jer 2:20,33,36, jer 3:2, eze 16:24,25,31, re 18:3,23

Verse 13

WEB So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

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

TSK she: ge 39:7,12, nu 25:1,6-8, nu 31:16, eze 16:33, re 2:20; with an impudent face said: isa 50:7, eze 2:4,6, eze 3:7-9

Verse 14

WEB “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.

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

TSK I have peace offerings with me: pr 15:8, pr 17:1, pr 21:27, le 7:15, de 12:6,7; this: 2sa 15:7-9, 1ki 21:9,10, joh 18:28

Verse 15

WEB Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

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

TSK No cross references.

Verse 16

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

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

TSK decked: so 1:16, so 3:7-10, re 2:22; fine: 1ki 10:28, isa 19:9, eze 27:7

Verse 17

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

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

TSK perfumed: so 3:6, isa 57:7-9; with: ps 45:8, so 4:13,14

Verse 18

WEB Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

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

TSK No cross references.

Verse 19

WEB For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

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

TSK the good-man: mt 20:11, mt 24:43, lu 12:39; he: mt 24:48, mr 13:34-36, lu 12:45,46

Verse 20

WEB He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

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

TSK with him: 2ch 2:4

Verse 21

WEB With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

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

TSK With her: pr 7:5, pr 5:3, jud 16:15-17, ps 12:2; forced: 1sa 28:23, 2ki 4:8, lu 14:23, lu 24:29, ac 16:15, 2co 5:14

Verse 22

WEB He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

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

TSK as an: ac 14:13; the correction: job 13:27, jer 20:2, ac 16:24

Verse 23

WEB Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

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

TSK a dart: nu 25:8,9; as a bird: pr 1:17, ec 9:12; knoweth: pr 9:18

Verse 24

WEB Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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

TSK O: pr 4:1, pr 5:7, pr 8:32,33, 1co 4:14,15, ga 4:19, 1jo 2:1

Verse 25

WEB Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

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

TSK thine: pr 4:14,15, pr 5:8, pr 6:25, pr 23:31-33, mt 5:28; go: pr 5:23, ps 119:176, isa 53:6

Verse 26

WEB for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

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

TSK For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.: pr 6:33, jud 16:21, 2sa 3:6-8,27, 2sa 12:9-11, 1ki 11:1,2, ne 13:26, 1co 10:8, 2co 12:21, 1pe 2:11

Verse 27

WEB Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.

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

TSK Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.: pr 2:18,19, pr 5:5, pr 9:18, ec 7:26