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Literal Version

7:1 The woman egpanpanlibug

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7 son_my keep words_my and_commandments_my you _will _treasure with_you.
2 Keep commands_my and_live and_teaching_my as_apple eye_your.
3 Bind_them on fingers_your write_them on the _tablet heart_your.
4 Say to _THE_wisdom sister_my you and_intimate _friend to _the_understanding you _will _call.
5 That_keep_you from_woman strange from_wayward words_her she _makes _smooth.
6 DOM in/on/at/with_window house_my through lattice_my I _looked _down.
7 And_saw in/on/at/with_simple I _observed in/on/at/with_youths a _youth lacking of _heart.
8 [he _was]_passing _by in/on/at/with_street beside corner_her and_road house_her he _strode.
9 In/on/at/with_twilight in/on/at/with_evening of _[the]_day in/on/at/with_midst of _[the]_night and_darkness.
10 And_see/lo/see a _woman to_meet_him [the]_garment of _a _prostitute and_wily of _heart.
11 [is]_boisterous she and_defiant in/on/at/with_home_her not they _stay feet_her.
12 A _time in/on/at/with_street a _time in/on/at/with_squares and_at every corner she _lies _in _wait.
13 And_seizes[fn] in/on/over_him/it[fn][fn] and_kisses for_him/it she _has _made _firm face_her and_she/it _said to_him/it.
14 Sacrifices of _peace _offerings upon_I the_day I _have _paid vows_my.
15 On/upon/above/on _account _of//he/it _went _in yes/correct/thus/so I _have _come _out to_meet_you to_seek _eagerly face_you and_found_you.
16 Coverings I _have _spread couch_my coloured _fabrics linen of _Miʦərayim/(Egypt).
17 I _have _sprinkled bed_my myrrh aloes and_cinnamon.
18 Come let _us _take _our _fill _of love(s) until the_morning let _us _delight _ourselves in/on/at/with_love.
19 DOM not the_man in/on/at/with_home_his he _has _gone in/on/at/with_journey at_distance.
20 The _bag the_money he _has _taken in_his/its_hand at_time the_full _moon he _will _come home_him.
21 Persuades_him in/on/at/with_much seductive _speech_her in/on/at/with_smooth her/its_lips compels_him.
22 [he _is]_walking after_her suddenly like_ox [which]_to [the]_slaughter[fn] it _goes and_like_noose to [the]_chastening of _a _fool.
23 Until it _will _pierce an _arrow liver_his like_rushing a _bird into a _trap and_not he _knows DOM_that in/on/at/with_life_his it.
24 and_now Oh _children listen to_me and_pay _attention to_words mouth_my.
25 Not let _it _turn _aside to ways_her heart_your not let _it _go _astray in/on/at/with_paths_her.
26 DOM many slain _[ones] she _has _made _fall and_countless all slain_her.
27 [is]_the _ways of _Shəʼōl house_her [they _are]_going _down to [the]_chambers of _death.

7:13 Note: We read the punctuation in L differently from BHQ.

7:13 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

7:13 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

7:22 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

OET by section PRO 7:1

The woman egpanpanlibug

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