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Proverbs 9:16-18
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 9:16-18
Lexham English Bible
16 “Whoever is simple, may he turn here!”
As for he who lacks sense,[a] she says to him,
17 “Stolen waters are sweet,
and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that the dead[b] are there,
in the depths of Sheol[c] are her guests.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:16 Literally “heart”
- Proverbs 9:18 Or “Rephaim”
- Proverbs 9:18 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
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