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
A prostitute is a deep pit. An adulterous wife is a well of tribulation.
28
And increases the
Cross References
Proverbs 7:12
Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I find what was worse than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape from her. But she will capture the sinner.
Numbers 25:1
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.
Judges 16:4-22
After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley.
Proverbs 2:16-19
You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk.
Proverbs 7:22-27
He immediately goes after her. He is like a bull that goes to the slaughter. Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
Proverbs 9:18
He does not know the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of the adulterous is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by Jehovah will fall into it.
Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up your eyes to the bare hills and see. You have had sex with men in every place. You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled (corrupted) (profaned) the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
Hosea 4:11
Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.
1 Corinthians 10:8
Do not commit fornication like some of them committed. Twenty three thousand of them died in one day.
Revelation 17:1-2
One of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowls spoke to me. He said: Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,