4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”And call understanding your intimate friend;
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
4 Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,
4 Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
5 so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.
5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman,From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
7 and I noticed among the naive that is, I discerned among the youths a senseless young man.
7 And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible],I saw among the youthsA young man lacking [good] sense,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
8 Crossing the street near her corner,he strolled down the road to her house
8 Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house
8 Passing through the street near her corner;And he took the path to her house
15 “Therefore I have come out to meet you,To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
15 So I came out to meet you,to search for you, and I’ve found you.
15 Therefore, I've come out to meet you, I've looked just for you, and I found you!
15 “So I came out to meet you [that you might share with me the feast of my offering],Diligently I sought your face and I have found you.
18 “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
18 Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,
18 “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;Let us console and delight ourselves with love.
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
20 He took a bag of money with himand will come home at the time of the full moon.”
20 He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."
20 He has taken a bag of money with him,And he will come home on the appointed day.”
22 Suddenly he follows herAs an ox goes to the slaughter,Or as (p)one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
22 He follows her impulsivelylike an ox going to the slaughter,like a deer bounding toward a trap(f)
22 All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap
22 Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,
23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver;As a (AA)bird hastens to the snare,So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
23 until an arrow pierces its(g) liver,(S)like a bird darting into a snare(T)—he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
23 until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.
23 Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,He did not know that it would cost him his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24 Now, my sons, listen to me,and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
24 So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.
24 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
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