Proverbs 7:6

What does Proverbs 7:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

Context

v.5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

v.6This passage

v.7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

Cross references

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

  • Genesis 26:8

    And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

  • Judges 5:28

    Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Siseracriedthrough the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

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