VERSE STUDY • KJV

Proverbs 23:27

For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

Read it in 5 translations

For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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