Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
KJV
in obscuro, advesperascente die, in noctis tenebris et caligine.
Vulgate
ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ, ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ καὶ γνοφώδης,
LXX
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
ASV
בְּ/נֶֽשֶׁף בְּ/עֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּ/אִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַ/אֲפֵלָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲפֵלָ֔ה
'plh
noun · 10×
אִישׁ֥וֹן
'yshvn
noun · 6×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
נֶּ֔שֶׁף
nshp
noun · 12×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
- Job 24:15 — The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Rom 13:12 — The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.