1 My|strong="H8104" son|strong="H1121", remember my|strong="H8104" words|strong="H0561". Don’t|strong="H8104" forget what|strong="H4687" I|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" told you|strong="H8104".
2 Consider|strong="H5869" my|strong="H8104" teaching|strong="H8451" as precious as your|strong="H8104" own|strong="H5869" eyes|strong="H5869". Obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" commands|strong="H4687", and|strong="H5869" you|strong="H8104" will|strong="H5869" have|strong="H5869" a|strong="H5869" good life|strong="H2421".
3 Tie|strong="H7194" them|strong="H5921" around|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" finger|strong="H0676". Write|strong="H3789" them|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820".
4 Treat wisdom|strong="H2451" like the|strong="H0559" woman you|strong="H0859" love and|strong="H2451" knowledge like the|strong="H0559" one dearest to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859".
5 Wisdom will|strong="H0802" save you|strong="H8104" from|strong="H0802" that other|strong="H2114" woman|strong="H0802", the|strong="H8104" other|strong="H2114" man’s|strong="H0802" wife|strong="H0802", who|strong="H8104" tempts you|strong="H8104" with|strong="H0802" such sweet words|strong="H0561".
6 One|strong="H3588" day I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1004" looking out|strong="H8259" my|strong="H3588" window|strong="H2474"
7 at|strong="H7200" some foolish teenagers and|strong="H1121" noticed|strong="H7200" one|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" no sense|strong="H3820" at|strong="H7200" all.
8 He|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" walking through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H1870" marketplace and|strong="H1004" came to|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" corner|strong="H6438" where|strong="H1004" a certain woman|strong="H1004" lived. He|strong="H1004" then|strong="H5674" turned|strong="H5674" up the|strong="H1870" road|strong="H1870" that|strong="H5674" goes by|strong="H1870" her|strong="H1870" house|strong="H1004".
9 The|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" ending. The|strong="H3117" sun had|strong="H3117" set, and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3915" was|strong="H3117" almost|strong="H3117" dark|strong="H5399".
10 Suddenly|strong="H2009", there|strong="H2009" she|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" in|strong="H0802" front of|strong="H0802" him|strong="H7125", dressed|strong="H7897" like|strong="H3820" a|strong="H0802" prostitute|strong="H2181". She|strong="H3820" had|strong="H0802" plans for|strong="H0802" him|strong="H7125".
11 She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3808" wild and|strong="H1004" rebellious|strong="H5637" woman|strong="H1004" who|strong="H1931" would not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H7931" at|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004".
12 She walked the|strong="H3605" streets|strong="H2351", always looking for|strong="H3605" someone to|strong="H3605" trap.
13 She|strong="H6440" grabbed|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0559" young man and|strong="H6440" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H6440". Without shame, she|strong="H6440" looked him|strong="H6440" in|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0559" eye and|strong="H6440" said|strong="H0559",
14 “I|strong="H3117" offered a|strong="H5921" fellowship offering|strong="H8002" today|strong="H3117". I|strong="H3117" gave what|strong="H5921" I|strong="H3117" promised to|strong="H5921" give,
15 and|strong="H6440" I|strong="H3651" still have|strong="H4672" plenty of|strong="H6440" food left|strong="H3318". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H4672" you|strong="H6440", and|strong="H6440" here|strong="H3318" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H6440"!
16 I|strong="H4714" have|strong="H4714" clean sheets on my|strong="H7234" bed|strong="H6210"—special ones from|strong="H4714" Egypt|strong="H4714".
17 My|strong="H5130" bed|strong="H4904" smells wonderful with|strong="H4904" myrrh|strong="H4753", aloes|strong="H0174", and|strong="H4753" cinnamon|strong="H7076".
18 Come, let’s enjoy|strong="H5965" ourselves all|strong="H5704" night. We|strong="H5704" can make love|strong="H1730" until|strong="H5704" dawn|strong="H1242".
19 My|strong="H3588" husband|strong="H0376" has|strong="H0369" gone|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" business trip.
20 He|strong="H3117" took|strong="H3947" enough|strong="H3027" money|strong="H3701" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3947" long|strong="H3117" trip and|strong="H0935" won’t be|strong="H3027" home|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3027" two|strong="H3947" weeks.”
21 This|strong="H7230" is|strong="H8193" what the|strong="H5186" woman said to|strong="H8193" tempt the|strong="H5186" young man, and|strong="H5080" her|strong="H5186" smooth words|strong="H8193" tricked him|strong="H5186".
22 He|strong="H0310" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H0413", like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H0935" bull|strong="H7794" being led|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" slaughter|strong="H2874". He|strong="H0310" was|strong="H7794" like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H0935" deer walking|strong="H1980" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" trap,
23 where|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" hunter waits to|strong="H0413" shoot an|strong="H3588" arrow|strong="H2671" through|strong="H0413" its|strong="H3045" heart|strong="H5315". The|strong="H3588" boy was|strong="H1931" like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" bird|strong="H6833" flying into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" net, never|strong="H3808" seeing|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" danger he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" in|strong="H0413".
24 Now|strong="H6258", sons|strong="H1121", listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H1121". Pay|strong="H7181" attention|strong="H7181" to|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6310" I|strong="H6258" say|strong="H6310".
25 Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" your|strong="H0413" heart|strong="H3820" lead|strong="H8582" you|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" an evil woman like|strong="H1870" that|strong="H0413". Don’t|strong="H0408" go|strong="H8582" where|strong="H0413" she|strong="H3820" wants to|strong="H0413" lead|strong="H8582" you|strong="H0413".
26 She|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" brought down|strong="H5307" some|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" most powerful|strong="H6099" men|strong="H3605"; she|strong="H3588" has|strong="H3588" left many|strong="H7227" dead|strong="H2491" bodies in|strong="H5307" her|strong="H3605" path.
27 Her|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0413" place|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" death|strong="H4194". The|strong="H0413" road|strong="H1870" to|strong="H0413" it|strong="H3381" leads straight to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" grave.