Proverbs 23:27

Proverbs chapter 23 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

King James Version · 1611

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

American Standard Version · 1901

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

v.26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

v.27This passage

v.28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.