Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Proverbs 7:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now is she without, now in the streets, And lieth in wait at every corner.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now in the streets, now in the marketplaces, she sets her ambush at every corner. American Standard Version (1901) Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.) Common English Bible She has one foot in the street, one foot in the public square. She lies in wait at every corner. Catholic Public Domain Version now outside, now in the streets, now lying in ambush near the corners. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners. |
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
Passing through the street near her corner, And he went the way to her house;
And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.
Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
in that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.
For by the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.