Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And increases the
King James Version
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Holman Bible
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
International Standard Version
Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.
American Standard Version
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Amplified
She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],
And she increases the faithless among men.
Bible in Basic English
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
Darby Translation
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
Julia Smith Translation
She also will lie in wait as for prey, and she will add those transgressing among men.
King James 2000
She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
She [is] also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.
Modern King James verseion
She also lies in wait as for prey, and increases the treacherous among men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
She lurketh like a thief, and those that be not aware, she bringeth unto her.
NET Bible
Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
New Heart English Bible
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.
Webster
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
World English Bible
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
Youngs Literal Translation
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
Themes
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
27
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
28
And increases the
Cross References
Proverbs 7:12
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
Numbers 25:1
While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.
Judges 16:4-22
After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Proverbs 2:16-19
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
Proverbs 7:22-27
All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
Proverbs 9:18
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been ravished? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile whoredom.
Hosea 4:11
whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.
1 Corinthians 10:8
We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
Revelation 17:1-2
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,