passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night;

Now without, now in the streets, she lies in wait at every corner.)

and, behold, a woman met him with the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.

So she caught him and kissed him and with an impudent face said unto him,

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she persuaded him.

(She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not abide in her house:

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

I had promised sacrifices of peace; today I have payed my vows.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.

He went after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye sons, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

That they may keep thee from the woman belonging to someone else, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement

I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman:

until the arrow pierces through his liver. He is as a bird struggling in the snare and not knowing that it is against his own life.

He has taken a bag of money with him and will come home at the appointed feast day.

and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

For the husband is not at home; he is gone a long journey:

Let not thine heart decline to her ways; do not go astray in her paths.

For she has caused many to fall down dead; yea, all the strong men have been slain by her.

Bind them upon thy fingers; write them upon the tablet of thine heart.