Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

New American Standard Bible

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it.

King James Version

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

is a deep
עמק 
`amoq 
Usage: 17

pit
שׁוּחה 
Shuwchah 
Usage: 5

he that is abhorred
זעם 
Za`am 
Usage: 12

of the Lord

Usage: 0

References

American

Pit

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.



Cross References

Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a deep pit,
and a stranger is a narrow well;

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Proverbs 6:24-29

They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

Deuteronomy 32:19

When the Lord saw this, He despised them,
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Judges 16:20-21

Then she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When he awoke from his sleep, he said, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.

Nehemiah 13:26

Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own plans.

Proverbs 2:16-19

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a stranger with her flattering talk,

Proverbs 5:3-23

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,

Proverbs 7:5-27

She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.

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