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I was watching the gullible[a] people.
Among the young men I noticed a youth without sense.
He was crossing the street near her corner,
strolling along the road to her house,
in the twilight, in the evening of the day,
when the darkness of the night was coming.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:7 Or naïve
  2. Proverbs 7:9 Literally in the pupil of the night and darkness

I saw among the simple,
    I noticed among the young men,
    a youth who had no sense.(A)
He was going down the street near her corner,
    walking along in the direction of her house
at twilight,(B) as the day was fading,
    as the dark of night set in.

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