Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
She [is] also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.
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.
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 deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is {an adulteress}. 28 She [is] also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases. 29 To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?
Cross References
Proverbs 7:12
Now in the street, now in the square, {at} every corner she lies in wait.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I myself found [that] more bitter than death [is] the woman who [is] a trap, whose heart [is] a snare, and whose hands [are] bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her.
Numbers 25:1
When Israel dwelled in Shittim, the people began to prostitute [themselves] with the daughters of Moab.
Judges 16:4-22
After this he fell in love [with] a woman in the wadi of Sorek, and her name [was] Delilah.
Proverbs 2:16-19
[in order] to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman [who] flatters [with] her sayings,
Proverbs 7:22-27
He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool,
Proverbs 9:18
But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.
Proverbs 22:14
A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.
Jeremiah 3:2
"Lift up your eyes at [the] barren heights, and see where you have not been ravished. Beside the roads you sat for them like an Arab in the desert, and you have defiled [the] land with your fornication and with your wickedness.
Hosea 4:11
whoredom}. Wine and new wine {take away the understanding}.
1 Corinthians 10:8
nor commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day,
Revelation 17:1-2
And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,