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Warnings about the Adulteress
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Another Warning about Immoral Women
Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
Write them deep within your heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
make insight a beloved member of your family.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
While I was at the window of my house,
looking through the curtain,
looking through the curtain,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
I saw some naive young men,
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
and one in particular who lacked common sense.
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,
strolling down the path by her house.
strolling down the path by her house.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
It was at twilight, in the evening,
as deep darkness fell.
as deep darkness fell.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
The woman approached him,
seductively dressed and sly of heart.
seductively dressed and sly of heart.
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
She was the brash, rebellious type,
never content to stay at home.
never content to stay at home.
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
She is often in the streets and markets,
soliciting at every corner.
soliciting at every corner.
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
and with a brazen look she said,
and with a brazen look she said,
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
“I’ve just made my peace offerings
and fulfilled my vows.
and fulfilled my vows.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
You’re the one I was looking for!
I came out to find you, and here you are!
I came out to find you, and here you are!
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
My bed is spread with beautiful blankets,
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
with colored sheets of Egyptian linen.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I’ve perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning.
Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses,
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
for my husband is not home.
He’s away on a long trip.
He’s away on a long trip.
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
So she seduced him with her pretty speech
and enticed him with her flattery.
and enticed him with her flattery.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
So listen to me, my sons,
and pay attention to my words.
and pay attention to my words.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her.
Don’t wander down her wayward path.
Don’t wander down her wayward path.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
For she has been the ruin of many;
many men have been her victims.
many men have been her victims.