²⁶ For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.^(A)

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

²² All at once he followed her
    like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer^[a] stepping into a noose^[b](A)
23     till an arrow pierces^(B) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.^(C)

²⁶ I find more bitter than death
    the woman who is a snare,^(A)
whose heart is a trap
    and whose hands are chains.
The man who pleases God will escape her,
    but the sinner she will ensnare.^(B)