And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
WEB
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
YLT
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
DBT
And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.