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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
My son, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
My son, keep my words
and store up my commands within you.
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.
Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
At the window of my house
I looked down through the lattice.
I looked down through the lattice.
For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house
walking along in the direction of her house
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
at twilight, as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
as the dark of night set in.
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
(She is unruly and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;
her feet never stay at home;
She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)
at every corner she lurks.)
now without, now in the broadways, -- and she lieth in wait at every corner.
She took hold of him and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:
and with a brazen face she said:
And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
“Today I fulfilled my vows,
and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!
I looked for you and have found you!
therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
with colored linens from Egypt.
I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
I have perfumed my bed
with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
he has gone on a long journey.
For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
and will not be home till full moon.”
he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.
she seduced him with her smooth talk.
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
till an arrow pierces his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.
till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
Now then, my sons, listen to me;
pay attention to what I say.
pay attention to what I say.
And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Do not let your heart turn to her ways
or stray into her paths.
or stray into her paths.
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
Many are the victims she has brought down;
her slain are a mighty throng.
her slain are a mighty throng.
for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.