Warning Against The Strange Woman
4 Say unto wisdom, "Thou art my sister," and call understanding thy kinswoman:
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”And call understanding your intimate friend;
4 Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,
A Story Of Seduction
8 going over the streets, by the corner, in the way toward the harlot's house;
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
8 Crossing the street near her corner,he strolled down the road to her house
8 Proceeding down the street near her corner, he makes his way toward her house
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
15 “Therefore I have come out to meet you,To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
15 So I came out to meet you,to search for you, and I’ve found you.
15 Therefore, I've come out to meet you, I've looked just for you, and I found you!
18 Come, let us lie together, and take our pleasure till it be daylight.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
18 “Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
18 Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,
20 He hath taken the bag of money with him: who can tell when he cometh home?"
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
20 He took a bag of money with himand will come home at the time of the full moon.”
20 He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."
22 suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished -
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
22 Suddenly he follows herAs an ox goes to the slaughter,Or as (p)one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
22 He follows her impulsivelylike an ox going to the slaughter,like a deer bounding toward a trap(f)
22 All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap
23 so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver;As a (AA)bird hastens to the snare,So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
23 until an arrow pierces its(g) liver,(S)like a bird darting into a snare(T)—he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.
23 until an arrow pierces his liver. As a bird darts into a snare, he doesn't realize his fatal decision.