1 My|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121", keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" words, and|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H1121" up|strong="H6845" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" with|strong="H1121" thee.
2 Keep|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commandments|strong="H4687" and|strong="H5869" live|strong="H2421"; and|strong="H5869" my|strong="H8104" law|strong="H8451" as|strong="H5869" the|strong="H8104" apple of|strong="H5869" thine eye|strong="H5869".
3 Bind|strong="H7194" them|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" thy|strong="H5921" fingers; write|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" table|strong="H3871" of|strong="H5921" thine heart|strong="H3820".
4 Say unto|strong="H7121" wisdom|strong="H2451", Thou|strong="H7121" art my|strong="H7121" sister; and|strong="H2451" call|strong="H7121" understanding thy kinswoman|strong="H4129":
5 That they may keep|strong="H8104" thee from|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" strange|strong="H2114" woman|strong="H5237", from|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" stranger|strong="H2114" which flattereth|strong="H2505" with her|strong="H8104" words.
6 For|strong="H3588" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" window|strong="H2474" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" I|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H8259" forth|strong="H8259" through|strong="H1157" my|strong="H3588" lattice;
7 And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H7200" beheld|strong="H7200" among|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" simple|strong="H6612" ones|strong="H1121", I|strong="H7200" discerned among|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" youths|strong="H5288", a|strong="H3068" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" void|strong="H2638" of|strong="H1121" understanding|strong="H3820",
8 Passing|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" street|strong="H7784" near her|strong="H1870" corner|strong="H6438", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" went|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H1870" her|strong="H1870" house|strong="H1004";
9 In|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" twilight|strong="H5399", in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" evening|strong="H6153" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" blackness of|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" darkness.
10 And|strong="H3820", behold|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" met|strong="H7125" him|strong="H7125" a|strong="H3068" woman with|strong="H3820" the|strong="H2181" attire|strong="H7897" of|strong="H3820" an harlot|strong="H2181", and|strong="H3820" wily of|strong="H3820" heart|strong="H3820".
11 She|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" clamorous|strong="H1993", and|strong="H1004" wilful; her|strong="H1931" feet|strong="H7272" abide|strong="H7931" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H1004" her|strong="H1931" house|strong="H1004":
12 Now|strong="H6471" she is|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6471" the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351", now|strong="H6471" in|strong="H6471" the|strong="H3605" broad places|strong="H7339", and|strong="H3605" lieth in|strong="H6471" wait at|strong="H7339" every|strong="H3605" corner|strong="H6438".
13 So|strong="H6440" she|strong="H6440" caught|strong="H2388" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H6440", and with|strong="H6440" an|strong="H6440" impudent|strong="H5810" face|strong="H6440" she|strong="H6440" said unto|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440":
14 Sacrifices|strong="H2077" of|strong="H3117" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" are|strong="H3117" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921"; this|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" paid|strong="H7999" my|strong="H5921" vows|strong="H5088".
15 Therefore|strong="H3651" came|strong="H3318" I|strong="H5921" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" meet|strong="H7125" thee|strong="H6440", diligently|strong="H7836" to|strong="H3318" seek|strong="H7836" thy|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H4672" found|strong="H4672" thee|strong="H6440".
16 I|strong="H4714" have|strong="H4714" spread|strong="H7234" my|strong="H4714" couch|strong="H6210" with|strong="H4714" carpets of|strong="H4714" tapestry|strong="H4765", with|strong="H4714" striped cloths of|strong="H4714" the yarn of|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714".
17 I|strong="H4904" have perfumed|strong="H5130" my|strong="H5130" bed|strong="H4904" with|strong="H4904" myrrh|strong="H4753", aloes, and|strong="H4753" cinnamon|strong="H7076".
18 Come|strong="H3212", let|strong="H3212" us take|strong="H3212" our|strong="H7301" fill|strong="H7301" of|strong="H1730" love|strong="H1730" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" morning|strong="H1242"; let|strong="H3212" us solace|strong="H5965" ourselves with|strong="H3212" loves|strong="H1730".
19 For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" goodman is|strong="H1870" not|strong="H3588" at|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1870" gone|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3068" long|strong="H7350" journey|strong="H1870":
20 He|strong="H3117" hath|strong="H3027" taken|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3068" bag|strong="H6872" of|strong="H1004" money|strong="H3701" with|strong="H1004" him|strong="H3027"; he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1004" come home|strong="H1004" at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3947" full|strong="H3117" moon|strong="H3677".
21 With|strong="H2506" her|strong="H5186" much|strong="H7230" fair|strong="H7230" speech|strong="H8193" she|strong="H8193" causeth him|strong="H5186" to|strong="H2506" yield|strong="H5186", with|strong="H2506" the|strong="H5186" flattering|strong="H2506" of|strong="H7230" her|strong="H5186" lips|strong="H8193" she|strong="H8193" forceth him|strong="H5186" away|strong="H5186".
22 He|strong="H1980" goeth|strong="H1980" after|strong="H1980" her|strong="H1980" straightway|strong="H6597", as|strong="H1980" an ox|strong="H7794" goeth|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" slaughter|strong="H2874", or|strong="H7794" as|strong="H1980" fetters|strong="H5914" to|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1980" correction|strong="H4148" of|strong="H4148" the|strong="H1980" fool;
23 Till|strong="H5704" an|strong="H3588" arrow|strong="H2671" strike|strong="H6398" through|strong="H6398" his|strong="H3045" liver|strong="H3516"; as|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3068" bird|strong="H6833" hasteth|strong="H4116" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" snare|strong="H6341", and|strong="H3045" knoweth|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3045" life|strong="H5315".
24 Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", my sons|strong="H1121", hearken|strong="H8085" unto|strong="H8085" me|strong="H8085", and|strong="H1121" attend|strong="H7181" to|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" words|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8085" mouth|strong="H6310".
25 Let not|strong="H1870" thine heart|strong="H3820" decline|strong="H7847" to|strong="H3820" her|strong="H1870" ways|strong="H1870", go|strong="H8582" not|strong="H1870" astray|strong="H8582" in|strong="H1870" her|strong="H1870" paths|strong="H5410".
26 For|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" hath|strong="H3588" cast|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" many|strong="H7227" wounded|strong="H2491": yea|strong="H3588", all|strong="H3605" her|strong="H3605" slain|strong="H2491" are|strong="H7227" a|strong="H3068" mighty|strong="H6099" host.
27 Her|strong="H3381" house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H3381" Sheol|strong="H7585", going|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H3381" the|strong="H1870" chambers|strong="H2315" of|strong="H1004" death|strong="H4194".