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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:16 Literally “heart”
  2. Proverbs 9:18 Or “Rephaim”
  3. Proverbs 9:18 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

16     “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense(A) she says,
17     “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is delicious!(B)
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(C)

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