Proverbs 7 - Compare Translations
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Proverbs 7:1
KJVMy son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
WEBMy son, keep my words.
YLTMy son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
Proverbs 7:2
KJVKeep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
WEBKeep my commandments and live!
YLTKeep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
Proverbs 7:3
KJVBind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
WEBBind them on your fingers.
YLTBind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
Proverbs 7:4
KJVSay unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
WEBTell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
YLTSay to wisdom, `My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'
Proverbs 7:5
KJVThat they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
WEBthat they may keep you from the strange woman,
YLTTo preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
Proverbs 7:6
KJVFor at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
WEBFor at the window of my house,
YLTFor, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
Proverbs 7:7
KJVAnd beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
WEBI saw among the simple ones.
YLTAnd I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
Proverbs 7:8
KJVPassing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
WEBpassing through the street near her corner,
YLTPassing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
Proverbs 7:9
KJVIn the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
WEBin the twilight, in the evening of the day,
YLTIn the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
Proverbs 7:10
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Proverbs 7:11
KJV(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
WEBShe is loud and defiant.
YLTNoisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
Proverbs 7:12
KJVNow is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
WEBNow she is in the streets, now in the squares,
YLTNow in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
Proverbs 7:13
KJVSo she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
WEBSo she caught him, and kissed him.
YLTAnd she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
Proverbs 7:14
KJVI have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
WEB“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
YLT`Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
Proverbs 7:15
KJVTherefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
WEBTherefore I came out to meet you,
YLTTherefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
Proverbs 7:16
KJVI have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
WEBI have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
YLT[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.
Proverbs 7:17
KJVI have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
WEBI have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
YLTI sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:18
KJVCome, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
WEBCome, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.
YLTCome, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
Proverbs 7:19
KJVFor the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
WEBFor my husband isn’t at home.
YLTFor the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
Proverbs 7:20
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Proverbs 7:21
KJVWith her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
WEBWith persuasive words, she led him astray.
YLTShe turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
Proverbs 7:22
KJVHe goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
WEBHe followed her immediately,
YLTHe is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
Proverbs 7:23
KJVTill a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
WEBUntil an arrow strikes through his liver,
YLTTill an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it [is] for its life.
Proverbs 7:24
KJVHearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
WEBNow therefore, sons, listen to me.
YLTAnd now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 7:25
KJVLet not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
WEBDon’t let your heart turn to her ways.
YLTLet not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
Proverbs 7:26
KJVFor she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
WEBfor she has thrown down many wounded.
YLTFor many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
Proverbs 7:27
KJVHer house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
WEBHer house is the way to Sheol,
YLTThe ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
27 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT