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) --

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 rebellious and never stays at home. 12 She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.
13 She put her arms around him and kissed him, and with an impudent look she said:

Cross References

Proverbs 23:28

She also lies in wait as for a victim, and increases the transgressors among men.

Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Jeremiah 2:20

Long ago you broke off your yoke, tore off your bonds, and said that you would not be a slave. You lay down and acted like a prostitute on every high hill and under every large tree.

Jeremiah 2:33

You carefully planned ways to look for love. You taught your ways to wicked women.

Jeremiah 2:36

You change your mind so easily. You will be shamed by Egypt as you were shamed by Assyria.

Jeremiah 3:2

Lift up your eyes to the bare hills and see. You have had sex with men in every place. You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled (corrupted) (profaned) the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Ezekiel 16:24-25

by the side of every road you built places to worship idols and practice prostitution.

Ezekiel 16:31

You had sex on every street corner, and when you finished, you refused to accept money. That is worse than being a prostitute!

Revelation 18:3

All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication (immorality). The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are very rich through the abundance of her luxury.

Revelation 18:23

There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.

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