Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.

King James Version

Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Holman Bible

Now in the street, now in the squares,
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.

Bible in Basic English

Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

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) --

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now
פּעמה פּעם 
Pa`am 
Usage: 118

חץ חוּץ 
Chuwts 
Usage: 164

now
פּעמה פּעם 
Pa`am 
Usage: 118

in the streets
רחוב רחב 
R@chob 
Usage: 43

and lieth in wait
ארב 
'arab 
Usage: 42

at
אצל 
'etsel 
by, beside, by ..., near, at, with ..., from ..., against, close, to, toward, unto, with
Usage: 61

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

A Story Of Seduction

11 She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home; 12 She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.
13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,

Cross References

Proverbs 23:28

She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind.

Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,

Jeremiah 2:20

"For long ago I broke your yoke and burst your bonds; but you said, 'I will not serve.' Yes, on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed down like a whore.

Jeremiah 2:33

"How well you direct your course to seek love! So that even to wicked women you have taught your ways.

Jeremiah 2:36

How much you go about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been ravished? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile whoredom.

Ezekiel 16:24-25

you built yourself a vaulted chamber and made yourself a lofty place in every square.

Ezekiel 16:31

building your vaulted chamber at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square. Yet you were not like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

Revelation 18:3

For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living."

Revelation 18:23

and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.

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