PROV 7:8 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς, καὶ λαλοῦντα
(paraporeuomenon para gōnian en diodois oikōn autaʸs, kai lalounta )

ULT passing through the lane beside her corner,
⇔ and he steps in the way of her house,

UST He walked down the street near the corner of the road where the adulterous woman dwells.
⇔ Then he walked on the path toward her house.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE passing through the street near her corner,
⇔ he went the way to her house,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He was passing by the street near her corner,
⇔ making his way along the road to her house

LSV Passing on in the street, near her corner,
And the way [to] her house he steps,

FBV He was walking down the street near the corner where she lived and took the road passing her house.

T4T He crossed the street near the house of an immoral woman.
⇔ He was walking along the path toward her house

LEB • passing on the street at[fn] her corner, and he takes the road to her house,

7:? Literally “at the place of”

BBE Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

Moff strolling along near the street- comer
⇔ in the direction of her house,

JPS Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;

ASV Passing through the street near her corner;
⇔ And he went the way to her house,

DRA Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.

YLT Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,

Drby passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

RV Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;

SLT Passing in the street near her corner; and he will step the way of her house,

Wbstr Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.

KJB-1769 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

KJB-1611 Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house
(Going over the street by the corner in the way toward her house)

Gnva Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
(Who passed through the street by her corner, and went toward her house, )

Cvdl goinge ouer the stretes, by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house
(going over the streets, by the corner in the way toward the harlots house)

Wycl that passith bi the stretis, bisidis the corner; and he
(that passeth/passes by the streets, besides the corner; and he)

Luth der ging auf der Gasse an einer Ecke und trat daher auf dem Wege an ihrem Hause,
(the/of_the went on/in/to the/of_the alley/lane at/to one/a corner and stepped therefore on/in/to to_him ways at/to their house,)

ClVg qui transit per plateam juxta angulum et prope viam domus illius graditur:[fn]
(who/which transit through plateam next_to angulum and near way/road home of_that walks: )

7.8 Juxta angulum, quia deflectit a rectitudine; et prope viam domus illius graditur: quia a via veritatis declinavit, merito viæ domus meretricis vel hæretici appropiat.

7.8 According_to/Near angulum, because deflectit from straighttudine; and near way/road home of_that walks: because from way/road to_the_truths declinavit, deservedly ways/roads home prostitute or heretics appropiat.

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.

7:8

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^8a crossing the street near her corner,

^8b strolling down the road to her house

7:8a–b

(combined/reordered)

He walked along the street, approaching the corner where the house of a woman who committed adultery was located.
He walked toward the corner where an immoral woman lived. Then he approached her house.

This verse focuses on what the unthinking youth did. There is no mention in this or the following verses of his companions. It is implied that he left them and is now walking along by himself.

crossing…strolling down: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as crossing is a general word that means “passing along” (NRSV) or “going along” (NJB).This verb can also mean “going across,” which would explain the NLT and GW translation “crossing a/the street.” The parallel term, strolling down, is more specific in Hebrew. It means “striding” or “marching.” Together, these two terms indicate that the young man was walking along the street, heading toward the woman’s house.The young man may or may not have been walking deliberately toward the woman’s house. Cohen, Fox, and Waltke feel that the text does not necessarily imply that the young man started walking with the intention of going to the woman’s house. However, Ross, Delitzsch, an NET footnote, and TWOT (#1943) feel that the young man walked intentionally toward that destination.

the street near her corner…the road to her house: These two phrases describe the young man’s location. They indicate that he was near the corner or intersection where the woman’s house was located.

her: The pronoun her must refer to the woman described in 7:10, since the last reference to a woman (7:5) described adulteress women in general, not a particular woman. In many languages, a pronoun cannot be used until the noun to which it refers has been introduced. If this is true in your language, you may want to introduce the woman here in 7:8. For example:

He was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woman lived. (GNT)

7:8a

crossing the street near her corner,

He went along the street near the corner/intersection where a certain immoral woman lived,

7:8b

strolling down the road to her house,

and walked/strode toward her house.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

פִּנָּ֑⁠הּ & בֵּיתָ֣⁠הּ

corner_of,her & her_house_of,of

In this verse, her refers to an adulterous woman, as referred to in [7:5](../07/05.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the corner where an adulterous woman lives … that woman’s house”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פִּנָּ֑⁠הּ

corner_of,her

Here, corner refers to the place where two roads intersect. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “her place at the intersection of two streets”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠דֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣⁠הּ יִצְעָֽד

and,the_direction_of her_house_of,of taking

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a way that leads to her house. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and he steps in the way that leads to her house”

Note 4 topic: translate-tense

יִצְעָֽד

taking

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: “he stepped in”

Parallel PROV 7:8

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

7:8

7:8a–b

7:8a

7:8b