Proverbs 7
Libro non riconosciuto. Prova con un'abbreviazione valida (es. Gen, Es, Gv, Sal).
Versetti esaminati
| King James Bible | New American Bible |
|---|---|
| 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. | 1 My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands. |
| 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. | 2 Keep my commands and live, my teaching as the apple of your eye; |
| 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. | 3 Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: | 4 Say to Wisdom, "You are my sister!" call Understanding, "Friend!" |
| 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. | 5 That they may keep you from another's wife, from the adulteress with her smooth words. |
| 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, | 6 For at the window of my house, through my lattice I looked out-- |
| 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, | 7 And I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the young men, a youth with no sense, |
| 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, | 8 Going along the street near the corner, then walking in the direction of her house-- |
| 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: | 9 In the twilight, at dusk of day, at the time of the dark of night. |
| 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. | 10 And lo! the woman comes to meet him, robed like a harlot, with secret designs-- |
| 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: | 11 She is fickle and unruly, in her home her feet cannot rest; |
| 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) | 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares, and at every corner she lurks in ambush-- |
| 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, | 13 When she seizes him, she kisses him, and with an impudent look says to him: |
| 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. | 14 "I owed peace offerings, and today I have fulfilled my vows; |
| 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. | 15 So I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I have found you! |
| 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. | 16 With coverlets I have spread my couch, with brocaded cloths of Egyptian linen; |
| 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. | 17 I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon. |
| 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. | 18 "Come, let us drink our fill of love, until morning, let us feast on love! |
| 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: | 19 For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey; |
| 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. | 20 A bag of money he took with him, not till the full moon will he return home." |
| 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. | 21 She wins him over by her repeated urging, with her smooth lips she leads him astray; |
| 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; | 22 He follows her stupidly, like an ox that is led to slaughter; Like a stag that minces toward the net, |
| 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. | 23 till an arrow pierces its liver; Like a bird that rushes into a snare, unaware that its life is at stake. |
| 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. | 24 So now, O children, listen to me, be attentive to the words of my mouth! |
| 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. | 25 Let not your heart turn to her ways, go not astray in her paths; |
| 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. | 26 For many are those she has struck down dead, numerous, those she has slain. |
| 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. | 27 Her house is made up of ways to the nether world, leading down into the chambers of death. |