Proverbs 7:8
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Proverbs 7:8 in other translations
| BSB | crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house, |
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| WEB | passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house, |
| ASV | Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, |
| YLT | Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step, |
| DARBY | passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, |
| BBE | Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house, |
| Webster | Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house. |
What does Proverbs 7:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-27
Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same…
Proverbs 7:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 7:8
- 2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
- Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
- Proverbs 4:14-15
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
- Jude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
- Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
- 2 Samuel 11:2-3
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- Judges 16:1
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
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Context
- Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
- Proverbs 7:8
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
- Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
Proverbs 7:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El cual pasaba por la calle, junto á la esquina de aquella, é iba camino de su casa, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | qui passait dans la rue, près du coin où demeurait cette femme, et il prit le chemin de sa maison, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | der hin und her ging auf der Straße, neben ihrer Ecke, und den Weg nach ihrem Hause schritt, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur: |