Proverbs 7:16-27
New International Version
16 I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed(A)
with myrrh,(B) aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!(C)
19 My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(D)
22 All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](E)
23 till an arrow pierces(F) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.(G)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
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