Parallel Verses
Amplified
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.
New American Standard Bible
He who is
King James Version
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Holman Bible
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
International Standard Version
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; a man experiencing the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
A Conservative Version
The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of LORD shall fall in it.
American Standard Version
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Bible in Basic English
The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
Darby Translation
The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
Julia Smith Translation
The mouth of the strange woman a deep pit: and he cursing Jehovah shall fall there.
King James 2000
The mouth of immoral women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.
Modern King James verseion
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The mouth of a harlot is a deep pit; wherein he falleth that the LORD is angry withal.
NET Bible
The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
New Heart English Bible
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
The Emphasized Bible
A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.
Webster
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.
World English Bible
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
Youngs Literal Translation
A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
Themes
Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Evil » Women evil women » General references to
Insecurity of the wicked » Fall of the wicked foretold
Kings » When good » Befriend the good
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
The wicked » Devices of » Fall of the wicked foretold
Topics
Interlinear
Zuwr
References
American
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 22:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
13
The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:27
For a prostitute is a deep pit,
And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].
Proverbs 6:24-29
To keep you from the evil woman,
From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.
Deuteronomy 32:19
“The Lord saw it, and rejected them,
Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.
Judges 16:20-21
She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as I have time after time and shake myself free.” For Samson did not know that the Lord had departed from him.
Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin [greatly against God] regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin [by turning to other gods and so, judged by God, he lost his kingdom].
Psalm 81:12
“So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in [the path of] their own counsel.
Proverbs 2:16-19
To keep you from the immoral woman;
From the seductress with her flattering words,
Proverbs 5:3-23
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 7:5-27
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.