Proverbs 23:27
“For an whore is a deepe ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.”
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Proverbs 23:27 Context
25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce. 26My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes. 27For an whore is a deepe ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 28She also lyeth in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours among men. 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath rednesse of eyes?
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For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
- King James Version
For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
- Basic English Bible
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- Darby Bible
For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- Webster's Bible
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
- World English Bible
For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.
- Youngs Literal Bible
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible