Proverbs 23:28
“She also lyeth in wait as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours among men.”
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Proverbs 23:28 Context
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? 30They that tarry long at the wine, they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
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She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
- King James Version
Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
- Basic English Bible
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
- Darby Bible
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
- Webster's Bible
Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
- World English Bible
She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible