Proverbs 7:27
What does Proverbs 7:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The ways of Sheol--her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
Context
v.26For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
v.27This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;
- Revelation 22:15
Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
- Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
- Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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