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1. My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.
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1. My son H1121 , keep H8104 my words H561 , and lay up H6845 my commandments H4687 with H854 thee.
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2. Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.
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2. Keep H8104 my commandments H4687 , and live H2421 ; and my law H8451 as the apple H380 of thine eye H5869 .
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3. Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.
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3. Bind H7194 them upon H5921 thy fingers H676 , write H3789 them upon H5921 the table H3871 of thine heart H3820 .
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4. Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative,
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4. Say H559 unto wisdom H2451 , Thou H859 art my sister H269 ; and call H7121 understanding H998 thy kinswoman H4129 :
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5. so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
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5. That they may keep H8104 thee from the strange H2114 woman H4480 H802 , from the stranger H4480 H5237 which flattereth H2505 with her words H561 .
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6. For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out
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6. For H3588 at the window H2474 of my house H1004 I looked H8259 through H1157 my casement H822 ,
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7. and I saw among the naive� I discerned among the youths� a young man who lacked wisdom.
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7. And beheld H7200 among the simple ones H6612 , I discerned H995 among the youths H1121 , a young man H5288 void H2638 of understanding H3820 ,
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8. He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house
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8. Passing H5674 through the street H7784 near H681 her corner H6438 ; and he went H6805 the way H1870 to her house H1004 ,
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9. in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.
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9. In the twilight H5399 , in the evening H6153 H3117 , in the black H380 and dark H653 night H3915 :
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10. Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
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10. And, behold H2009 , there met H7125 him a woman H802 with the attire H7897 of a harlot H2181 , and subtle H5341 of heart H3820 .
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11. (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home�
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11. ( She H1931 is loud H1993 and stubborn H5637 ; her feet H7272 abide H7931 not H3808 in her house H1004 :
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12. at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
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12. Now H6471 is she without H2351 , now H6471 in the streets H7339 , and lieth in wait H693 at H681 every H3605 corner H6438 .)
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13. So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,
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13. So she caught H2388 him , and kissed H5401 him, and with an impudent H5810 face H6440 said H559 unto him,
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14. "I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!
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14. I have peace offerings H2077 H8002 with H5921 me ; this day H3117 have I paid H7999 my vows H5088 .
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15. That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!
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15. Therefore H5921 H3651 came I forth H3318 to meet H7125 thee , diligently to seek H7836 thy face H6440 , and I have found H4672 thee.
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16. I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.
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16. I have decked H7234 my bed H6210 with coverings of tapestry H4765 , with carved H2405 works , with fine linen H330 of Egypt H4714 .
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17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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17. I have perfumed H5130 my bed H4904 with myrrh H4753 , aloes H174 , and cinnamon H7076 .
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18. Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse.
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18. Come H1980 , let us take our fill H7301 of love H1730 until H5704 the morning H1242 : let us solace ourselves H5965 with loves H159 .
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19. For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.
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19. For H3588 the goodman H376 is not H369 at home H1004 , he is gone H1980 a long H4480 H7350 journey H1870 :
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20. He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month."
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20. He hath taken H3947 a bag H6872 of money H3701 with H3027 him, and will come H935 home H1004 at the day H3117 appointed H3677 .
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21. She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.
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21. With her much H7230 fair speech H3948 she caused him to yield H5186 , with the flattering H2506 of her lips H8193 she forced H5080 him.
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22. Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare
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22. He goeth H1980 after H310 her straightway H6597 , as an ox H7794 goeth H935 to H413 the slaughter H2874 , or as a fool H191 to H413 the correction H4148 of the stocks H5914 ;
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23. till an arrow pierces his liver� like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
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23. Till H5704 a dart H2671 strike through H6398 his liver H3516 ; as a bird H6833 hasteth H4116 to H413 the snare H6341 , and knoweth H3045 not H3808 that H3588 it H1931 is for his life H5315 .
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24. So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.
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24. Hearken H8085 unto me now H6258 therefore , O ye children H1121 , and attend H7181 to the words H561 of my mouth H6310 .
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25. Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways� do not wander into her pathways;
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25. Let not H408 thine heart H3820 decline H7847 to H413 her ways H1870 , go not astray H8582 H408 in her paths H5410 .
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26. for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.
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26. For H3588 she hath cast down H5307 many H7227 wounded H2491 : yea, many H3605 strong H6099 men have been slain H2026 by her.
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27. Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
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27. Her house H1004 is the way H1870 to hell H7585 , going down H3381 to H413 the chambers H2315 of death H4194 .
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