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Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

KJV

Lustravi universa animo meo, ut scirem et considerarem, et quærerem sapientiam, et rationem, et ut cognoscerem impietatem stulti, et errorem imprudentium :

Vulgate

ἐκύκλωσα ἐγώ, καὶ ἡ καρδία μου τοῦ γνῶναι καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι καὶ ζητῆσαι σοφίαν καὶ ψῆφον, καὶ τοῦ γνῶναι ἀσεβοῦς ἀφροσύνην καὶ ὀχληρίαν καὶ περιφοράν·

LXX

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

ASV

וּ/מוֹצֶ֨א אֲנִ֜י מַ֣ר מִ/מָּ֗וֶת אֶת הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֙ אֲשֶׁר הִ֨יא מְצוֹדִ֧ים וַ/חֲרָמִ֛ים לִבָּ֖/הּ אֲסוּרִ֣ים יָדֶ֑י/הָ ט֞וֹב לִ/פְנֵ֤י הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙ יִמָּלֵ֣ט מִמֶּ֔/נָּה וְ/חוֹטֵ֖א יִלָּ֥כֶד בָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲסוּרִ֣ים
'svrym
noun · 3×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
verb · 95×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֶחֱטִ֖יא
hchty'
verb · 237×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חֵ֑רֶם
chrm
noun · 37×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 591×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מְצוֹדִ֧ים
mtsvdym
noun · 6×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַר
mr
verb · 39×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:25 — But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
  • Eccl 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a
  • Exod 10:7 — And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
  • Gen 39:12 — And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
  • Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
  • Judg 16:8 — Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
  • Judg 16:18 — And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Phi
  • Judg 16:19 — And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
  • Neh 13:26 — Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outl
  • Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 2:18 — For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
  • Prov 2:19 — None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
  • Prov 5:4 — But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
  • Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:21 — With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
  • Prov 7:27 — Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 — But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • Prov 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • Prov 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
  • Prov 23:28 — She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.