Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

King James Version

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Holman Bible

A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,
having a hidden agenda.

International Standard Version

Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.

A Conservative Version

And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.

American Standard Version

And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

Amplified


And there a woman met him,
Dressed as a prostitute and sly and cunning of heart.

Bible in Basic English

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

Darby Translation

And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

Julia Smith Translation

And behold, a woman to his meeting, the attire of a harlot, and hidden of heart

King James 2000

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.

Modern King James verseion

And, behold, there a woman met him, with the dress of a harlot and a guarded heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And behold, there met him a woman with open tokens of a harlot. Only her heart was hid.

NET Bible

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

The Emphasized Bible

And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.

Webster

And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.

World English Bible

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

Youngs Literal Translation

And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קראה 
Qir'ah 
Usage: 99

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

with the attire
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 2

of an harlot
זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

References

Fausets

Context Readings

A Story Of Seduction

9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the darkness of the night: 10 And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.
11 She is loud and rebellious and never stays at home.

Cross References

Genesis 38:14-15

She realized that Shelah was now a grown man. She had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow's clothes and to cover her face with a veil. Then she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah.

1 Timothy 2:9

Likewise I want women to be adorned in modest clothing, with modesty and soundness of mind; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly clothes;

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals Jehovah God had made. He said to the woman: Did God really say, you must not eat from any tree in the garden?

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu he said: Do you come in peace, Jehu? He said in reply: What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts of witchcraft?

2 Kings 9:30

Jehu went to Jezreel. Jezebel had news of what happened. Painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.

Isaiah 3:16-24

Jehovah also said: Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and tinkle the bangles on their feet,

Isaiah 23:16

Take harp and walk about the city, O forgotten prostitute. Pluck the strings skillfully; sing many songs, that you may be remembered.

Jeremiah 4:30

You are going to be destroyed! What are you going to do? Why do you dress in scarlet (crimson) and put on gold jewelry? Why do you wear eye shadow? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers despise you. They want to kill you.

2 Corinthians 11:2-3

For I am zealous over you with a godly fervor (ardor) (zeal)! For I promised you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Revelation 17:3-5

So he carried me away in spirit to the wilderness. I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast. The beast was full of names of blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns.

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