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  7:1 ¶
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. |
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7:1 ¶
My son,º
keepºº
my words,º
and lay upºº
my commandmentsº
withº
thee. |
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7:2
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. |
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7:2
Keepºº
my commandments,º
and live;ºº
and my lawº
as the appleº
of thine eye.º |
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7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. |
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7:3
Bindºº
them uponº
thy fingers,º
writeºº
them uponº
the tableº
of thine heart.º |
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7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman: |
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7:4
Sayºº
unto wisdom,º
Thouº
[art] my sister;º
and callºº
understandingº
[thy] kinswoman:º |
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7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words. |
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7:5
That they may keepºº
thee from the strangeºº
woman,ºº
from the strangerºº
[which] flatterethºº
with her words.º |
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7:6 ¶
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; |
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7:6 ¶
Forº
at the windowº
of my houseº
I lookedºº
throughº
my casement,º |
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7:7
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, |
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7:7
And beheldºº
among the simple ones,º
I discernedºº
among the youths,º
a young manº
voidº
of understanding,º |
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7:8
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, |
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7:8
Passingº
throughºº
the streetº
nearº
her corner;ºº
and he wentºº
the wayº
to her house,º |
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7:9
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. |
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7:9
In the twilight,º
in the evening,ºº
in the blackº
and darkº
night:º |
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7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. |
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7:10
And, behold,º
there metºº
him a womanº
[with] the attireº
of an harlot,ºº
and subtilºº
of heart.º |
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7:11
She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: |
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7:11
(Sheº
[is] loudºº
and stubborn;ºº
her feetº
abideºº
notº
in her house:º |
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7:12
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner. |
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7:12
Nowº
[is she] without,º
nowº
in the streets,º
and lieth in waitºº
atº
everyº
corner.)º |
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7:13
So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him: |
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7:13
So she caughtºº
him, and kissedºº
him, [and] with an impudentºº
faceº
saidºº
unto him, |
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7:14
Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. |
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7:14
[I have] peaceº
offeringsºº
withº
me; this dayº
have I payedºº
my vows.º |
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7:15
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. |
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7:15
Thereforeºº
came I forthºº
to meetºº
thee, diligently to seekºº
thy face,º
and I have foundºº
thee. |
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7:16
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. |
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7:16
I have deckedºº
my bedº
with coveringsº
of tapestry,º
with carvedº
[works], with fine linenº
of Egypt.º |
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7:17
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
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7:17
I have perfumedºº
my bedº
with myrrh,º
aloes,º
and cinnamon.º |
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7:18
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. |
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7:18
Come,ººº
let us take our fillºº
of loveº
untilº
the morning:º
let us solaceºº
ourselvesº
with loves.º |
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7:19
For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: |
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7:19
Forº
the goodmanº
[is] notº
at home,º
he is goneºº
a longºº
journey:º |
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7:20
He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. |
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7:20
He hath takenºº
a bagº
of moneyº
withº
him,º
[and] will comeºº
homeº
at the dayº
appointed.º |
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7:21
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. |
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7:21
With her muchº
fair speechº
she caused him to yield,ºº
with the flatteringº
of her lipsº
she forcedºº
him. |
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7:22
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool; |
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7:22
He goethºº
afterº
her straightway,º
as an oxº
goethºº
toº
the slaughter,º
or as a foolº
toº
the correctionº
of the stocks;º |
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7:23
Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life. |
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7:23
Tillº
a dartº
strikeºº
throughº
his liver;º
as a birdº
hastethºº
toº
the snare,º
and knowethºº
notº
thatº
itº
[is] for his life.º |
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7:24 ¶
Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth. |
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7:24 ¶
Hearkenºº
unto me nowº
therefore, O ye children,º
and attendºº
to the wordsº
of my mouth.º |
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7:25
Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths. |
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7:25
Let notº
thine heartº
declineºº
toº
her ways,º
go not astrayººº
in her paths.º |
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7:26
For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host. |
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7:26
Forº
she hath cast downºº
manyº
wounded:º
yea, manyº
strongº
[men] have been slainºº
by her. |
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7:27
Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death. |
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7:27
Her houseº
[is] the wayº
to hell,º
going downºº
toº
the chambersº
of death.º |
