Verse List for PROV 23:27

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B I ◄ ← Prov 23:27 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) because a prostitute is a deep pit, ⇔ ≈ and an adulteress is a narrow well.

OET-LV if/because is_a _pit deep a _prostitute and_is_a _well narrow a _foreign_woman.

ULT For a prostitute, is a deep pit, ⇔ and a foreign woman, is a narrow well.

UST Do this because prostitutes are as dangerous as a deep hole. ⇔  Indeed, becoming involved with an adulterous woman is as dangerous as falling into a well that you cannot escape from.

BSB & MSB For a prostitute is a deep pit, ⇔  and an adulteress[fn] is a narrow well.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB For a prostitute is a deep pit; ⇔  and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

NET for a prostitute is like a deep pit; ⇔ a harlot is like a narrow well.

LSV For a harlot [is] a deep ditch,
And a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

FBV A prostitute is like being trapped in a pit; an immoral woman is like getting stuck a narrow well,

T4T Prostitutes and immoral women [DOU] are like [MET] a deep pit ⇔  or a well that you may fall into.

LEB • For a deep pit is a prostitute,[fn]
• and a narrow well is an adulteress .[fn]

BBE For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

Moff for a harlot is a deep, deep pit, ⇔  a loose woman is a narrow pit;

JPS For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

ASV For a harlot is a deep ditch; ⇔ And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

DRA For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

YLT For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.

Drby For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

RV For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

SLT For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a strong woman a narrow well.

Wbstr For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

KJB-1769 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

KJB-1611 For an whore is a deepe ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
(For an whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.)

Bshps For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.
(For an whore is a deep grave, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.)

Gnva For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
(For a whore is as a deep ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pit.)

Cvdl For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.
(For an whore is a deep grave, and an harlot is a narrow pytt.)

Wycl For an hoore is a deep diche, and an alien womman is a streit pit.
(For an hoar/grey is a deep diche, and an alien/foreign(er) woman is a straight pit.)

Luth Denn eine Hure ist eine tiefe Grube, und die Ehebrecherin ist eine enge Grube.
(Because a/one whore(n) is a/one depth pit, and the adulteress is a/one narrow pit.)

ClVg Fovea enim profunda est meretrix, et puteus angustus aliena.
(Fovea because deep it_is prostitute, and well/cistern angustus foreign.)

UHB כִּֽי־שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּ⁠בְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Πίθος γὰρ τετρημένος ἐστὶν ἀλλότριος οἶκος, καὶ φρέαρ στενὸν ἀλλότριον.

BrTr For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.