PROV 7:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται, χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει.
(Ⱪronon gar tina exō ɽembetai, ⱪronon de en plateiais para pasan gōnian enedreuei. )

BrTr For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.

ULT At one time in the street, at another time in the open areas,
⇔ and beside every corner she lies in wait.)

UST She often walked around the streets and public places.
⇔ At the corner of any road she waited for a man whom she could seduce.)

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE Now she is in the streets, now in the squares,
⇔ and lurking at every corner.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas,
⇔ and by every corner she lies in wait.)

LSV Now in an out-place, now in broad places,
And she lies in wait near every corner)—

FBV One moment she'd be walking the streets, the next she'd be there in the town squares, loitering at every corner.)

T4T She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets,
⇔ waiting to trap some man.

LEB • Now in the street, now in the square, at[fn] every corner she lies in wait.

7:? Literally “at the place of”

BBE Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

Moff now in the streets and now in the squares,
⇔ haunting every corner)!

JPS Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.

ASV Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
⇔ And lieth in wait at every corner.)

DRA Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.

YLT Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) —

Drby now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.

RV Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
(Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth/lies in wait at every corner. )

SLT One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner.

Wbstr Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

KJB-1769 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
(Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth/lies in wait at every corner.) )

KJB-1611 Now is shee without, now in the streetes, and lieth in waite at euery corner.)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)
(Now she is without, now in the streets, and lieth/lies in wait at every corner) )

Cvdl now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner)
(now is she without, now 1 ye/you_all streets, and lurketh 1 every corner))

Wycl and now without forth, now in stretis, now bisidis corneris sche `aspieth.
(and now without forth, now in streets, now besides corneris she aspieth.)

Luth Jetzt ist sie draußen, jetzt auf der Gasse und lauert an allen Ecken.
(Now/Currently is they/she/them outside, now/currently on/in/to the/of_the alley/lane and lurks at/to all/everyone corners.)

ClVg nunc foris, nunc in plateis, nunc juxta angulos insidians.
(now outside, now in/into/on the_streets, now next_to angulos waiting. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–27: Tenth lesson: Here is an example of a young man who was seduced by a married woman

This lesson is another warning to avoid adultery. It begins with an appeal that the son pay attention to his father’s advice. This advice will protect him from being seduced by an adulteress (7:1–5). The main part of the lesson has the form of a first person narrative. The narrator tells how he observed a young man being seduced (7:6–23). First the story focuses on the young man (7:6–9), then it describes the adulteress (7:10–12) and her enticing words (7:13–20). Finally it tells how the young man yielded to the temptation (7:21–23). The lesson concludes with an appeal that the son follow his father’s advice rather than be seduced by the adulteress, because involvement with her will lead to death (7:24–27).

Some other headings for this section are:

Warning Against the Adulteress (NIV)

The story about an adulteress who tempted a young man

Paragraph 7:10–12

The adulterous woman’s appearance is described in 7:10. In 7:11–12, there is a description of the woman’s character and her typical activities. This one woman’s character and activities may be common to immoral wives in general.

7:12a

Now in the street, now in the squares,

Instead, they are always out on the streets or in the markets.
Instead, they walk around the streets and other places where people gather,

Now in the street, now in the squares: Instead of staying at home, the woman spends some of her time in the street and some in the public squares. The NLT expresses this as:

She is often in the streets and markets. (NLT)

For the meaning of the words translated as street and squares, see the notes on 1:20–21 and 1:20a–b. Both words indicate places where people could be found, and where they gathered for meetings or to do marketing.

7:12b

she lurks at every corner.

They wait on street corners all over town to trap men into having sex.
waiting/lurking on the street corners as if to ambush men that pass by.

she lurks at every corner: The word that the BSB translates as lurks (NRSV has “lies in wait”) is often used literally to refer to waiting in ambush. See the note on “lie in wait for” in 1:11b–c. Here the word is used figuratively to refer to the way that the woman waits on street corners in order to seduce men. Other ways to translate this idea are:

Use another expression that refers to ambushing or catching men. For example:
waiting to trap a man (CEV)
she lies in wait (NRSV)
Use a simile. For example:
waiting…as if to ambush men
Translate the meaning without using a figure of speech. For example:
soliciting at every corner (NLT)

If it is necessary to translate without using a figure of speech, it is suggested that you add a footnote that says something like this:

What it literally says in Hebrew is: “she waits in ambush by every corner.” What it means is that the man whom she seduces will be as if caught in a trap and will lose his life (see 7:22–23).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

פַּ֤עַם ׀ בַּ⁠ח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּ⁠רְחֹב֑וֹת וְ⁠אֵ֖צֶל כָּל־פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב

now in,street now in,places and,beside all/each/any/every corner lurks

If it would be helpful in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “She lies in wait at one time in the street, at another time in the open areas, and beside every corner”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בַּ⁠ח֗וּץ

in,street

The word street represents streets in general, not one particular street. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: “in the streets”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פִּנָּ֣ה

corner

See how you translated corner in [7:8](../07/08.md).

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

תֶאֱרֹֽב

lurks

Here Solomon uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense. Alternate translation: “she lay in wait”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor