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Proverbs 7:12
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KJ21
now is she outside, now in the streets and lieth in wait at every corner.)
ASV
Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)
AMP
At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places, Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner.
AMPC
Now in the streets, now in the marketplaces, she sets her ambush at every corner.
BRG
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
CSB
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
CSBA
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
CEB
She has one foot in the street, one foot in the public square. She lies in wait at every corner.
CJB
rather, she stalks the streets and squares, lurking at every streetcorner.
CEV
who walk street after street, waiting to trap a man.
DARBY
now without, now in the broadways,—and she lieth in wait at every corner.
DRA
Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
ERV
She walked the streets, always looking for someone to trap.
EASY
Instead she would stand in the streets and in the market place. She would wait at the corners of the streets to find a man.
EHV
One moment she is in the street. The next moment she is in the public square. She is on the prowl near every corner.
ESV
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
ESVUK
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
EXB
·She was always out [L A foot] in the streets ·or in [L a foot in] the city squares, ·waiting around [lurking] on the corners of the streets.
GNV
Now she is without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner)
GW
One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl at every corner.
GNT
or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace.
HCSB
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
ICB
She was always out in the streets or in the city squares. She was always waiting around on the street corners.
ISV
Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner.
JUB
Now without, now in the streets, she lies in wait at every corner.)
KJV
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
AKJV
now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
LSB
Stepping in the streets, stepping in the squares, And near every corner she lies in wait.
LEB
Now in the street, now in the square, at every corner she lies in wait.
TLB
She was the brash, coarse type, seen often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner for men to be her lovers.
MSG
As I stood at the window of my house looking out through the shutters, Watching the mindless crowd stroll by, I spotted a young man without any sense Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived, then turning up the path to her house. It was dusk, the evening coming on, the darkness thickening into night. Just then, a woman met him— she’d been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him. Brazen and brash she was, restless and roaming, never at home, Walking the streets, loitering in the mall, hanging out at every corner in town.
MEV
Now she is without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.
NOG
One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl at every corner.
NABRE
Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares, lurking in ambush at every corner.
NASB
She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner.
NASB1995
She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.
NCB
always on the streets or the public squares, lying in wait at every corner.
NCV
She was always out in the streets or in the city squares, waiting around on the corners of the streets.
NET
at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
NIRV
Sometimes she’s in the streets. Sometimes she’s at other places. At every corner she waits.
NIV
now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
NIVUK
now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
NKJV
At times she was outside, at times in the open square, Lurking at every corner.
NLV
She is now in the street, now in the center of town where people gather. She lies in wait at every corner.
NLT
She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner.
NRSVA
now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.
NRSVACE
now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.
NRSVCE
now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.
NRSVUE
now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.
OJB
Now is she without, now in the rechovot, and lurketh in wait at every pinnah (corner)—
RGT
Now outside. Now in the streets; lying in wait at every corner)
RSV
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
RSVCE
now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
TLV
now in the streets, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.
VOICE
Down the street; at times in the open, at others lurking around every corner.
WEB
Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
WYC
and now withoutforth, now in [the] streets, now beside [the] corners, she ambusheth (him).
YLT
Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
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