Proverbs 7:7
“And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,”
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Proverbs 7:7 Context
5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 6¶ For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement, 7And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding, 8Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house, 9In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
- King James Version
And I saw among the naive, {And} discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
- American Standard Version (1901)
I saw among the young men one without sense,
- Basic English Bible
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
- Darby Bible
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
- Webster's Bible
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
- World English Bible
And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible