PROV 7:6 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα,
(Apo gar thuridos ek tou oikou autaʸs eis tas plateias parakuptousa, )

BrTr For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

ULT For at the window of my house,
⇔ through the window lattice, I looked down.

UST I was once standing near the window in my house,
⇔ and I looked down from above the street through the shutters on the window.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE For at the window of my house,
⇔ I looked out through my lattice.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For at the window of my house
⇔ through my window lattice I looked out

LSV For at a window of my house,
I have looked out through my casement,

FBV One time I looked through the lattice of the window in my house,

T4T ⇔ One day, I was standing at the window inside my house,
⇔ and I looked outside.

LEB • For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked down.

BBE Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,

Moff At the window of her house
⇔ she looks out through the lattice;

JPS For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

ASV For at the window of my house
⇔ I looked forth through my lattice;

DRA For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,

YLT For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

Drby For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,

RV For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

SLT For in the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice,

Wbstr For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

KJB-1769 ¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

KJB-1611 ¶ For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe,
(For at the window of my house I looked through the window,)

Gnva As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my windowe,
(As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my window, )

Cvdl For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorow the trelies,
(For out of the window of my house I looked through the trellis,)

Wycl For whi fro the wyndow of myn hous bi the latijs Y bihelde; and Y se litle children.
(For why from the window of mine house by the lattice I beheld; and I see little children.)

Luth Denn am Fenster meines Hauses guckte ich durchs Gitter und sah unter den Albernen
(Because in/at/on_the window my houses looked I through lattice/grid and saw under the Foolish_one(s))

ClVg De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi,[fn]
(From/About window because home my through railings I_looked_forward, )

7.6 De fenestra. Patet juxta litteram, etc., usque ad quia deseruit angustam viam quæ ducit ad vitam.

7.6 From/About window. It's_clear next_to literally, etc., until to because deserted narrow way/road which leads to life.

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 7:6–9

In this paragraph, the father first describes the location from which he watched a married woman begin to seduce a young man. He then describes the young man and the situation he was in before he actually met the woman.

7:6

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

¶ Once I was looking out the latticed window of my house,
¶ One evening, while I was peering down from my house,

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice: This verse introduces the narrator’s story by describing the location from which he observed the events that follow. In many languages it is not natural to begin a story so abruptly. The GNT makes a general time setting explicit by starting the sentence with:

Once I was looking… (GNT)

Notice, however, that the specific time setting, “…as the dark of night set in,” is given in 7:9. See the General Comment on 7:6–9 at the end of 7:9a–b for some ways to reorder the time setting so that it is described at the beginning of the story.

For at the window…through the lattice: The word that the BSB translates as window refers to an opening that was usually high up in the wall. In this case the window was protected by a lattice, vine-covered trellis, or “shutters” (NCV), so that the person inside could look out without being seen from the outside.

I looked through: The verb that the BSB translates as looked through usually means to look down from a height. So it is probable that the narrator was looking down from an upper-story window. Everywhere that this verb occurs, it seems to indicate extended watching rather than a single glance.

In languages where shutters or lattices are unknown, these ideas may be translated by using more general terms. For example:

I was peering down through the window of my house.

I was peering out of my house.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֭י

that/for/because/then/when

For here introduces a story that Solomon tells in [7:6–23](../07/06.md) in order to warn his son against committing adultery. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces a story. Alternate translation: “There was a time when”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠חַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑⁠י

at,the_window_of my_house_of,of

Solomon implies that he was standing at the window while looking out of it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly, as in the UST.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠חַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑⁠י

at,the_window_of my_house_of,of

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a window that is in the side of his house. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “at the window that is in the side of my house”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣⁠י

window-lattice_of,my

A lattice consists of thin strips of wood that cross one another in a slanted pattern and are placed over a window to partially cover it. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of window covering, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “the window screen” or “the covering on the window”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי

looked_out

Here Solomon implies that he was standing at a location that was higher than the street outside. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “I looked down at the street outside”

Parallel PROV 7:6

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

Paragraph 7:6–9

7:6