The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
WEB
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
YLT
A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
DBT
The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.