Pro 7:6-23 | ESV | STEP | For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice ,

Proverbs 7:6-23

6 For at ^athe window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among ^bthe simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man ^clacking sense,
8 passing along the street ^dnear her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in ^ethe twilight, in the evening,
at ^fthe time of night and darkness.
10 And behold, the woman meets him,
^gdressed as a prostitute, wily of heart. ^{▼▼Hebrew guarded in heart}
11 She is ⁱloud and ^jwayward;
^kher feet do not stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the market,
and ^lat every corner she ^mlies in wait.
13 She seizes him and kisses him,
and with ⁿbold face she says to him,
14 “I had to ^ooffer sacrifices, ^{▼▼Hebrew peace offerings}
and today I have ^qpaid my vows;
15 so now I have come out to meet you,
to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with ^rcoverings,
colored linens from ^sEgyptian linen;
17 I have perfumed my bed with ^tmyrrh,
aloes, and ^ucinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning;
let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For ^vmy husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;
20 he took a bag of money with him;
at full moon he will come home.”
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^wher smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool}
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as ^ya bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.