Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Holman Bible
and a stranger is a narrow well;
International Standard Version
because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.
Amplified
For a prostitute is a deep pit,
And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
Bible in Basic English
For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
Darby Translation
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Julia Smith Translation
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a strong woman a narrow well.
King James 2000
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a seductress is a narrow well.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is {an adulteress}.
Modern King James verseion
For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For a whore is a deep grave, and a harlot is a narrow pit.
NET Bible
for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
New Heart English Bible
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
Webster
For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
World English Bible
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
26 My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways. 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. 28 Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.