Proverbs 7:12

New English Translation

¹²at one time outside, at another^[a] in the wide plazas,
and by every corner she lies in wait.)

Proverbs 7:12 tn The repetition of the noun פַּעַם (paʿam, “step, occasion”) is an idiom indicating different occasions. It could be rendered idiomatically in English as “now [here], now [there],” “once [here], then [there],” or “at one time…at another time” (BDB 822 s.v. פַּעַם 3.e).

Proverbs 7:12

New International Version

¹²now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)^(A)

¹²Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

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