Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
Proverbs 7:9 in other translations
| BSB | at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night. |
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| WEB | in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness. |
| ASV | In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. |
| YLT | In the twilight--in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness. |
| DARBY | in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. |
| BBE | At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night. |
| Webster | In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: |
What does Proverbs 7:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 7:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 7:9
- Romans 13:12-14
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
- Job 24:13-15
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Genesis 39:11
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
- Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- Exodus 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 39:11; Job 24:13-15; Ro 13:12-14; Eph 5:11
evening. Heb. evening of the day.
Ex 12:6; *marg:
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Context
- 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 7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Proverbs 7:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía, en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | au crépuscule, au soir du jour, au sein de la nuit et de l’obscurité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | in der Dämmerung, am Abend des Tages, in der Mitte der Nacht und in der Dunkelheit. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine. |