Proverbs 7:12
What does Proverbs 7:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 18:23
and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
- Ezekiel 16:31
in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
- Revelation 18:3
For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.
- Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
- Proverbs 23:28
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
- Jeremiah 2:20
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
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