Mishle 7
7
1Beni (my son), be shomer over my words, and treasure up my mitzvot with thee.
2Be shomer over my mitzvot, and live, and over my torah as the apple of thine eye.
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev.
4Say unto chochmah, Thou art my achot; and call binah (understanding) thy kinsman;
5That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah, from the nokhriyah with her smooth words.
6For at the chalon (window) of my bais I looked through my lattice,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the banim, a na'ar (young man) devoid of lev,#7:7 of understanding, sense
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went on the derech to her bais,
9In the twilight, at erev, in the black and dark lailah;
10And, hinei, there met him an isha with the attire of a zonah, and crafty of lev
11— She is loud and soreret (rebellious, defiant); her raglayim abide not in her bais;
12Now is she without, now in the rechovot, and lurketh in wait at every pinnah (corner) —
13So she caught hold of him, and kissed him, and with a brazen ponem said unto him,
14I have zivkhei shelamim vowed; this yom have I payed my neder.
15Al ken (therefore) came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with a bedspread of fine linen of Mitzrayim.
17I have perfumed my mishkav (bed) with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of dodim (loves) until boker; let us delight ourselves with ahavim (loves).#7:18 pl. of intensity
19For the ish (man),#7:19 i.e., husband is not b'bais, he is gone a derech merachok (distant journey);
20He hath taken a bag of kesef with him, and will come back to his bais at the appointed time.
21By her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him.
22He goeth after her and followeth immediately, as a shor (ox) goeth to tavach (stock yard, slaughter-house), or as the fettered to the musar of the fool;
23Till a khetz (arrow) strike through his liver; as a tzippor hasteth to the pach (snare), and knoweth not that it is for his nefesh (life).
24Pay heed unto me now therefore, O ye banim, and attend to the words of my peh (mouth).
25Let not thine lev turn aside to her drakhim; go not astray in her netivot (trodden paths).
26For she hath cast down many chalalim (wounded); indeed, many strong men have been slain by her.
27Her bais is the drakhei Sheol, going down to the chadarim (chambers, rooms) of mavet (death).#7:27 T.N. The off-stage character here in chapter 7 has been the cuckold. Because of her Ba'al affair, Hashem became the cuckold of Israel even as Hosea became the cuckold of Gomer.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Proverbs 7
7
1 My son, keep my words.
Lay up my commandments within you.
2 Keep my commandments and live!
Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.”
Call understanding your relative,
5that they may keep you from the strange woman,
from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 For at the window of my house,
I looked out through my lattice.
7 I saw amongst the simple ones.
I discerned amongst the youths a young man void of understanding,
8 passing through the street near her corner,
he went the way to her house,
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day,
in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute,
and with crafty intent.
11 She is loud and defiant.
Her feet don’t stay in her house.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares,
and lurking at every corner.
13 So she caught him, and kissed him.
With an impudent face she said to him:
14“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
Today I have paid my vows.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
to diligently seek your face,
and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.
Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19 For my husband isn’t at home.
He has gone on a long journey.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him.
He will come home at the full moon.”
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 He followed her immediately,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver,
as a bird hurries to the snare,
and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me.
Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25Don’t let your heart turn to her ways.
Don’t go astray in her paths,
26 for she has thrown down many wounded.
Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol,#7:27 Sheol is the place of the dead.
going down to the rooms of death.
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