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Proverbs 23:27
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KJ21
for a whore is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
ASV
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
AMP
For a prostitute is a deep pit, And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
AMPC
For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a loose woman is a narrow pit.
BRG
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
CSB
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a wayward woman is a narrow well;
CSBA
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a wayward woman is a narrow well;
CEB
A prostitute is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a narrow well.
CJB
A prostitute is a deep ditch, and a forbidden woman like a narrow well.
CEV
Bad women and unfaithful wives are like a deep pit—
DARBY
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
DRA
For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
ERV
Prostitutes and bad women are a trap. They are like a deep well that you cannot escape.
EASY
Prostitutes are a dangerous trap for men. Women who are not faithful to their husbands can cause men to fall into danger, like a deep well.
EHV
because a prostitute is a deep pit, and an immoral woman is a narrow well.
ESV
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
ESVUK
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
EXB
A prostitute is as dangerous as a deep pit, and an ·unfaithful wife [L foreign woman] is like a narrow well.
GNV
For a whore is as a deep ditch, and a strange woman is as a narrow pit.
GW
A prostitute is a deep pit. A loose woman is a narrow well.
GNT
Prostitutes and immoral women are a deadly trap.
HCSB
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a stranger is a narrow well;
ICB
A prostitute is as dangerous as a deep pit. And an unfaithful wife is like a narrow well.
ISV
because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.
JUB
For a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
KJV
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
AKJV
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
LSB
For a harlot is a deep pit And a foreign woman is a narrow well.
LEB
For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is an adulteress.
TLB
O my son, trust my advice—stay away from prostitutes. For a prostitute is a deep and narrow grave. Like a robber, she waits for her victims as one after another become unfaithful to their wives.
MSG
A prostitute is a bottomless pit; a loose woman can get you in deep trouble fast. She’ll take you for all you’ve got; she’s worse than a pack of thieves.
MEV
For a prostitute is a deep ditch, and a seductress is a narrow pit.
NOG
A prostitute is a deep pit. A loose woman is a narrow well.
NABRE
For the harlot is a deep pit, and the foreign woman a narrow well;
NASB
For a prostitute is a deep pit, And a strange woman is a narrow well.
NASB1995
For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
NCB
For a prostitute is a deep well, and an adulteress is a narrow pit.
NCV
A prostitute is as dangerous as a deep pit, and an unfaithful wife is like a narrow well.
NET
for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
NIRV
An unfaithful wife is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well.
NIV
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
NIVUK
for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
NKJV
For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well.
NLV
For a woman who sells the use of her body is like a deep hole. A sinful woman is a narrow well.
NLT
A prostitute is a dangerous trap; a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
NRSVA
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
NRSVACE
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
NRSVCE
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
NRSVUE
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
OJB
For a zonah is a deep pit, and a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress, unfaithful wife) is a narrow well.
RGT
For a whore is as a deep ditch. And a strange woman is as a narrow pit.
RSV
For a harlot is a deep pit; an adventuress is a narrow well.
RSVCE
For a harlot is a deep pit; an adventuress is a narrow well.
TLV
For a prostitute is a deep pit, an adulterous woman is a narrow pit.
VOICE
Being drawn to a prostitute is like falling down into a deep well, and being involved with a wicked woman is like descending into a narrow well. You may never get out alive.
WEB
For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
WYC
For a whore is a deep ditch, and an alien woman, is a strait pit. (For a whore is a deep ditch, and a woman whom thou hath been intimate with, but who is not thy wife, is a narrow pit.)
YLT
For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.
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