And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her.
Proverbs 23:28 - Revised Standard Version She lies in wait like a robber and increases the faithless among men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, And increaseth the transgressors among men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. Common English Bible Indeed, she ambushes like a robber and increases the number of the faithless. Catholic Public Domain Version She lies in wait along the way like a robber. And the incautious one whom she sees, she will put to death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill. |
And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her.
The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters; he who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile harlotry.
While Israel dwelt in Shittim the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab.
We must not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.