Proverbs

Proverbs 23:27–28

27For a prostitute is a deep pit,

and an adulteresse is a narrow well.

28Like a robber she lies in wait

and multiplies the faithless among men.

Footnotes

  • e 23:27 Or a foreign woman or a wayward wife

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Proverbs 23:27

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
a prostituteזוֹנָ֑הzō·w·nāhNoun - feminine singularH2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
is a deepעֲמֻקָּ֣ה‘ă·muq·qāhAdjective - feminine singularH6013 deep
pitשׁוּחָ֣הšū·ḥāhNoun - feminine singularH7745 pit
and an adulteressנָכְרִיָּֽה׃nā·ḵə·rî·yāhAdjective - feminine singularH5237 foreign, alien
is a narrowצָ֝רָ֗הṣā·rāhAdjective - feminine singularH6862 narrow, tight
wellוּבְאֵ֥רū·ḇə·’êrConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singularH875 well, pit

Proverbs 23:28

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Like a robberכְּחֶ֣תֶףkə·ḥe·ṯep̄Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH2863 prey
sheהִ֭יאhîPronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
lies in waitתֶּֽאֱרֹ֑בte·’ĕ·rōḇVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularH693 lie in wait
and multipliesתּוֹסִֽף׃tō·w·sip̄Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singularH3254 add
the faithlessוּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםū·ḇō·wḡ·ḏîmConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralH898 act or deal treacherously
among menבְּאָדָ֥םbə·’ā·ḏāmPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singularH120 man, mankind

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Proverbs 23:27 Proverbs 22:14

Proverbs 23:28 Ecclesiastes 7:26 · Hosea 4:11 · 1 Corinthians 10:8 · Proverbs 7:12 · Proverbs 22:14 · Revelation 17:1–2 · Proverbs 7:22–27 · Proverbs 2:16–19 · Jeremiah 3:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.