Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Now in the street, now in the squares,
she lurks at every corner.

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.)

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) --

Topics

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 defiant;
her feet do not stay at home.
12 Now in the street, now in the squares,
she lurks at every corner.
13 She grabs him and kisses him;
she brazenly says to him,



Cross References

Proverbs 23:28

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

Proverbs 9:14

She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago I broke your yoke;
I tore off your chains.
You insisted, “I will not serve!”
On every high hill
and under every green tree
you lie down like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:33

How skillfully you pursue love;
you also teach evil women your ways.

Jeremiah 2:36

How unstable you are,
constantly changing your ways!
You will be put to shame by Egypt
just as you were put to shame by Assyria.

Jeremiah 3:2

Look to the barren heights and see.
Where have you not been immoral?
You sat waiting for them beside the highways
like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land
with your prostitution and wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:24-25

“you built yourself a mound and made yourself an elevated place in every square.

Ezekiel 16:31

building your mound at the head of every street and making your elevated place in every square. But you were unlike a prostitute because you scorned payment.

Revelation 18:3

For all the nations have drunk
the wine of her sexual immorality,
which brings wrath.
The kings of the earth
have committed sexual immorality with her,
and the merchants of the earth
have grown wealthy from her excessive luxury.

Revelation 18:23

the light of a lamp
will never shine in you again;
and the voice of a groom and bride
will never be heard in you again.
All this will happen
because your merchants
were the nobility of the earth,
because all the nations were deceived
by your sorcery,

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