And I discoveredmorebitterthandeaththe womanwhoseheartis snaresand nets,whose handsare chains.Onewhois pleasingto Godwill escapefrom her, but the sinnerwill be capturedby her.
So they made their fatherdrinkwinethat nightalso,and the youngeraroseand laywith him; and he did not knowwhen she laydownor when she arose.
"Thereis noone greaterin thishousethanI, and he has withheldnothingfrom me exceptyou, becauseyou are his wife.Howthen could I dothisgreateviland sinagainst God?"
Pharaoh'sservantssaidto him, "Howlongwill thisman be a snareto us? Letthe mengo,that they may servethe LORDtheir God.Do you not realizethat Egyptis destroyed?"
To deliveryou from the strangewoman,From the adulteresswho flatterswith her words;
The mouthof an adulteressis a deeppit;He who is cursedof the LORDwill fallinto it.
For the commandmentis a lampand the teachingis light;And reproofsfor disciplineare the wayof life
To keepyou from the evilwoman,From the smoothtongueof the adulteress.
But he does not knowthat the deadare there,[That] her guestsare in the depthsof Sheol.
For to a personwhois goodin His sightHe has givenwisdomand knowledgeand joy,while to the sinnerHe has giventhe taskof gatheringand collectingso that he may giveto onewhois goodin God'ssight.Thistoois vanityand strivingafter wind.
"Behold,I have discoveredthis,"saysthe Preacher,"[adding] onethingto anotherto findan explanation,