Proverbs 7 — TOJB
7Verse 1Beni (my son), be shomer over my words,
and treasure up my mitzvot with thee.
Verse 2Be shomer over my mitzvot, and live,
and over my torah as the apple of thine eye.
Verse 3Bind them upon thy fingers,
write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev.
Verse 4Say unto chochmah, Thou art my achot;
and call binah (understanding) thy kinsman;
Verse 5That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah,
from the nokhriyah with her smooth words.Verse 6For at the chalon (window) of my bais
I looked through my lattice,
Verse 7And beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the banim,
a na'ar (young man) devoid of lev,+
Verse 8Passing through the street near her corner;
and he went on the derech to her bais,
Verse 9In the twilight, at erev,
in the black and dark lailah;
Verse 10And, hinei, there met him an isha
with the attire of a zonah,
and crafty of lev
Verse 11— She is loud and soreret (rebellious, defiant);
her raglayim abide not in her bais;
Verse 12Now is she without, now in the rechovot,
and lurketh in wait at every pinnah (corner) —
Verse 13So she caught hold of him, and kissed him,
and with a brazen ponem said unto him,
Verse 14I have zivkhei shelamim vowed;
this yom have I payed my neder.
Verse 15Al ken (therefore) came I forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Verse 16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with a bedspread of fine linen of Mitzrayim.
Verse 17I have perfumed my mishkav (bed)
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Verse 18Come, let us take our fill of dodim (loves) until boker;
let us delight ourselves with ahavim (loves).+
Verse 19For the ish (man),+is not b'bais,
he is gone a derech merachok (distant journey);
Verse 20He hath taken a bag of kesef with him,
and will come back to his bais at the appointed time.
Verse 21By her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him.
Verse 22He goeth after her and followeth immediately,
as a shor (ox) goeth to tavach (stock yard, slaughter-house),
or as if bound with fetters to the musar (punishment) of the fool;
Verse 23Till a khetz (arrow) strike through his liver;
as a tzippor hasteth to the pach (snare),
and knoweth not that it is for his nefesh (life).Verse 24Pay heed unto me now therefore, O ye banim,
and attend to the words of my peh (mouth).
Verse 25Let not thine lev turn aside to her drakhim;
go not astray in her netivot (trodden paths).
Verse 26For she hath cast down many chalalim (wounded);
indeed, many strong men have been slain by her.
Verse 27Her bais is the drakhei Sheol,
going down to the chadarim (chambers, rooms) of mavet (death).+
and treasure up my mitzvot with thee.
Verse 2Be shomer over my mitzvot, and live,
and over my torah as the apple of thine eye.
Verse 3Bind them upon thy fingers,
write them upon the luach (tablet) of thine lev.
Verse 4Say unto chochmah, Thou art my achot;
and call binah (understanding) thy kinsman;
Verse 5That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah,
from the nokhriyah with her smooth words.Verse 6For at the chalon (window) of my bais
I looked through my lattice,
Verse 7And beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the banim,
a na'ar (young man) devoid of lev,+
Verse 8Passing through the street near her corner;
and he went on the derech to her bais,
Verse 9In the twilight, at erev,
in the black and dark lailah;
Verse 10And, hinei, there met him an isha
with the attire of a zonah,
and crafty of lev
Verse 11— She is loud and soreret (rebellious, defiant);
her raglayim abide not in her bais;
Verse 12Now is she without, now in the rechovot,
and lurketh in wait at every pinnah (corner) —
Verse 13So she caught hold of him, and kissed him,
and with a brazen ponem said unto him,
Verse 14I have zivkhei shelamim vowed;
this yom have I payed my neder.
Verse 15Al ken (therefore) came I forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Verse 16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with a bedspread of fine linen of Mitzrayim.
Verse 17I have perfumed my mishkav (bed)
with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Verse 18Come, let us take our fill of dodim (loves) until boker;
let us delight ourselves with ahavim (loves).+
Verse 19For the ish (man),+is not b'bais,
he is gone a derech merachok (distant journey);
Verse 20He hath taken a bag of kesef with him,
and will come back to his bais at the appointed time.
Verse 21By her enticing speech she caused him to yield,
with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him.
Verse 22He goeth after her and followeth immediately,
as a shor (ox) goeth to tavach (stock yard, slaughter-house),
or as if bound with fetters to the musar (punishment) of the fool;
Verse 23Till a khetz (arrow) strike through his liver;
as a tzippor hasteth to the pach (snare),
and knoweth not that it is for his nefesh (life).Verse 24Pay heed unto me now therefore, O ye banim,
and attend to the words of my peh (mouth).
Verse 25Let not thine lev turn aside to her drakhim;
go not astray in her netivot (trodden paths).
Verse 26For she hath cast down many chalalim (wounded);
indeed, many strong men have been slain by her.
Verse 27Her bais is the drakhei Sheol,
going down to the chadarim (chambers, rooms) of mavet (death).+