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Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

KJV

Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.

Vulgate

οὗτος γὰρ συντόμως ἀπολεῖται, καὶ πᾶς παράνομος ἀναλωθήσεται.

LXX

Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

ASV

אַף הִ֭יא כְּ/חֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝/בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּ/אָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַף
'p
adverb · 133×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אֹרֵ֖ב
'rb
verb · 41×
בֹּגְדִ֣ים
bgdym
verb · 49×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חֶ֣תֶף
chtp
noun · 1×
יֹּ֣סֶף
ysp
verb · 208×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:8 — Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
  • Eccl 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.
  • Hos 4:11 — Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
  • Jer 3:2 — Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whor
  • Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
  • Prov 7:12 — Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
  • Prov 7:12 — Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
  • Prov 7:22 — He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  • Prov 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • Rev 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: