微读圣经

1My son, obey my words,

and treasure my commands.7:1 Pr 2:1

2Keep my commands and live,7:2 Pr 3:1–2; 4:4; 6:23; 19:16

and guard my instructions

as you would the pupil of your eye.7:2 Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zch 2:8

3Tie them to your fingers;

write them on the tablet of your heart.7:3 Dt 11:18; Pr 3:3; 6:21

4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”7:4 Sg 4:9

and call understanding your relative.

5She will keep you from a forbidden woman,

a wayward woman with her flattering talk.7:5 Pr 5:3,20; 6:24; 7:21

A Story of Seduction

6At the window of my house

I looked through my lattice.7:6 Jdg 5:28; Sg 2:9

7I saw among the inexperienced,7:7 Or simple, or gullible, or naive

I noticed among the youths,

a young man lacking sense.

8Crossing the street near her corner,

he strolled down the road to her house

9at twilight, in the evening,

in the dark of the night.7:9 Jb 24:15

10A woman came to meet him

dressed like a prostitute,7:10 Gn 38:14–15

having a hidden agenda.7:10 Or prostitute with a guarded heart

11She is loud and defiant;7:11 Pr 9:13

her feet do not stay at home.7:11 1Tm 5:13

12Now in the street, now in the squares,7:12 Pr 5:16; 9:14

she lurks at every corner.7:12 Pr 23:28

13She grabs him and kisses him;

she brazenly says7:13 Lit she makes her face strong and says to him,

14“I’ve made fellowship offerings;

today I’ve fulfilled my vows.7:14 Lv 7:11–18; Dt 23:18; Ps 56:12

15So I came out to meet you,

to search for you, and I’ve found you.

16I’ve spread coverings on my bed7:16 Pr 31:22 —

richly colored linen from Egypt.7:16 Ezk 27:7

17I’ve perfumed my bed

with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.7:17 Ex 30:23; Ps 45:8

18Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning.7:18 Sg 5:1

Let’s feast on each other’s love!

19My husband isn’t home;

he went on a long journey.

20He took a bag of silver with him

and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

21She seduces him with her persistent pleading;

she lures with her flattering talk.

22He follows her impulsively

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer bounding toward a trap7:22 Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool; Hb obscure

23until an arrow pierces its7:23 Or his liver,7:21–23 Pr 2:16–19; 5:3–6; 23:27–28

like a bird darting into a snare7:23 Ec 9:12 —

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

24Now, sons, listen to me,

and pay attention to the words from my mouth.

25Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;

don’t stray onto her paths.7:25 Pr 5:8

26For she has brought many down to death;

her victims are countless.7:26 Or and powerful men are all her victims

27Her house is the road to Sheol,

descending to the chambers of death.7:27 Pr 2:18; 5:5; 9:18; 1Co 6:9; Rv 22:15

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