1
hSee ch. 2:1 My son, keep my words
andhSee ch. 2:1 treasure up my commandments with you;
2 iSee ch. 4:4 keep my commandments and live;
keep my teaching asjDeut. 32:10 the apple of your eye;
3 kSee ch. 3:3 bind them on your fingers;
kSee ch. 3:3 write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister, ”
and call insight your intimate friend,
5 to keep you fromlSee ch. 2:16 the forbidden woman,
fromlSee ch. 2:16 the adulteress with her smooth words.
6 For atmJudg. 5:28 the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen amongnSee ch. 1:4 the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young manoSee ch. 6:32 lacking sense,
8 passing along the streetpver. 12 near her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 inqJob 24:15 the twilight, in the evening,
atrch. 20:20 the time of night and darkness.
10 And behold, the woman meets him,
s[Gen. 38:14] dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
11 She istch. 9:13 loud andu[Hos. 4:16] wayward;
v1 Tim. 5:13; [Titus 2:5] her feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
andwver. 8 at every corner shexch. 23:28 lies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and withych. 21:29 bold face she says to him,
14 “I had tozLev. 7:11 offer sacrifices,
and today I haveaSee Ps. 50:14 paid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch withbch. 31:22 coverings,
colored linens fromc[Isa. 19:9] Egyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed withdPs. 45:8 myrrh,
aloes, andeEx. 30:23 cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 ForfMatt. 20:11 my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home. ”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
withgch. 5:3; 6:24; See Ps. 12:2 her smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast1Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
ashEccles. 9:12 a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 AndiSee ch. 4:1 now, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain arej[Neh. 13:26]; See Judg. 16:1-5 a mighty throng.
27 Her house isk[ch. 2:18; 5:5; 9:18] the way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.