PRO 23:28 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT Surely she herself lies in wait like a robber,
⇔ and she adds to the treacherous ones among man.

UST These very women certainly wait for men to seduce like robbers wait for people to rob.
⇔ They cause many men to become unfaithful.

BSB Like a robber she lies in wait
⇔ and multiplies the faithless among men.

OEB She lies in wait like a robber,
⇔ and many are they she plunders.

WEBBE Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
⇔ and increases the unfaithful amongst men.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber,
⇔ and increases the unfaithful among men.

LSV She also, as catching prey, lies in wait,
And she increases the treacherous among men.

FBV Like a robber, she lies in wait ready to ambush men and make more of them unfaithful to their wives.

T4T They wait for you like robbers [SIM],
⇔ and they cause many men to ◄be unfaithful to/have sex with women who are not► their wives.

LEB • is also like a robber lying in wait, and the faithless among mankind she increases.

BBE Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.

ASV Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber,
⇔ And increaseth the treacherous among men.

DRA She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.

YLT She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

Drby She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

RV Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

Wbstr She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

KJB-1769 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.[fn]
(She also lieth/lies in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. )

23.28 as for…: or, as a robber

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]She also lyeth in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours among men.
(She also lieth/lies in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours among men.)

23:28 Chap.7. 12.

23:28 Or, as a robber.

Bshps She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.
(She lieth/lies in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.)

Gnva Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
(Also she lieth/lies in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men. )

Cvdl She lurketh like a thefe, and those that be not awarre she brigeth vnto her.
(She lurketh like a thief, and those that be not awarre she brigeth unto her.)

Wyc Sche settith aspie in the weie, as a theef; and sche schal sle hem, whiche sche schal se vnwar.
(She settith aspie in the way, as a thief; and she shall slay/kill them, which she shall see unwar.)

Luth Auch lauert sie wie ein Räuber und die Frechen unter den Menschen sammelt sie zu sich.
(Also lauert they/she/them like a Räuber and the Frechen under the Menschen sammelt they/she/them to itself/yourself/themselves.)

ClVg Insidiatur in via quasi latro, et quos incautos viderit, interficiet.]
(Insidiatur in road as_if latro, and which incautos viderit, interficiet.] )

BrTr For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.

BrLXX Οὗτος γὰρ συντόμως ἀπολεῖται, καὶ πᾶς παράνομος ἀναλωθήσεται.
(Houtos gar suntomōs apoleitai, kai pas paranomos analōthaʸsetai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

הִ֭יא כְּ⁠חֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב

she/it like,robber lies_in_wait

Here, the writer compares a prostitute to a robber who lies in wait because she wants to get the man’s money. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. See how you translated lies in wait in 7:12. Alternate translation: “she herself lies in wait to steal a man’s money like a robber”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

הִ֭יא & תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב

she/it & lies_in_wait

The writer uses the word herself to emphasize who harms men. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “she is the very one who lies in wait”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ֝⁠בוֹגְדִ֗ים & תּוֹסִֽף

and,faithless & increases

Here, the writer speaks of a prostitute causing men to act unfaithfully as if she were adding them to a group of treacherous ones. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and she causes more men to become treacherous”

Note 4 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

בְּ⁠אָדָ֥ם

in/on/at/with,men

In this verse, the word man is singular in form, but it refers to all men as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly, as in the UST.

Parallel PRO 23:28