Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Holman Bible
she lurks at every corner.
International Standard Version
Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner.
A Conservative Version
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lays in wait at every corner.
American Standard Version
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.
Amplified
At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places,
Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner.
Darby Translation
now without, now in the broadways, and she lieth in wait at every corner.
Julia Smith Translation
One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner.
King James 2000
Now is she outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now in the street, now in the square, {at} every corner she lies in wait.
Modern King James verseion
now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lurketh in every corner.
NET Bible
at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
New Heart English Bible
Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
The Emphasized Bible
Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:
Webster
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
World English Bible
Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
Youngs Literal Translation
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
Themes
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Interlinear
Pa`am
Chuwts
Pa`am
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 7:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Story Of Seduction
11 She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house. 12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road. 13 So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
Cross References
Proverbs 23:28
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
Proverbs 9:14
Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,
Jeremiah 2:20
For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman
Jeremiah 2:33
With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.
Jeremiah 2:36
Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
Jeremiah 3:2
Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.
Ezekiel 16:24-25
That you made for yourself an arched room in every open place.
Ezekiel 16:31
For you have made your arched room at the top of every street, and your high place in every open place; though you were not like a loose woman in getting together your payment.
Revelation 18:3
For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.
Revelation 18:23
And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.