Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
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.
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 harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit. 28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Cross References
Proverbs 7:12
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is nets and snares, her hands are bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Numbers 25:1
And Israel dwelleth in Shittim, and the people begin to go a-whoring unto daughters of Moab,
Judges 16:4-22
And it cometh to pass afterwards that he loveth a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name is Delilah,
Proverbs 2:16-19
To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Proverbs 7:22-27
He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
Proverbs 9:18
And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Proverbs 22:14
A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
Jeremiah 3:2
Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.
Hosea 4:11
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
1 Corinthians 10:8
neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
Revelation 17:1-2
And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, 'Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters,