Proverbs 22:14
What does Proverbs 22:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 22:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A deep pit <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
- Proverbs 23:27
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
- Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
- Judges 16:20
And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him.
- Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
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