Proverbs 7:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
[She is] nowפַּ֤עַם
(pa·'am)
6471: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrencefrom paam
in the streets,בַּח֗וּץ
(ba·chutz)
2351: the outside, a streetof uncertain derivation
nowפַּ֥עַם
(pa·'am)
6471: a beat, foot, anvil, occurrencefrom paam
in the squares,בָּרְחֹבֹ֑ות
(ba·re·cho·vo·vt;)
7339: a broad open place, plazafrom rachab
And lurksתֶאֱרֹֽב׃
(te·'e·rov.)
693: to lie in waita prim. root
by everyכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
corner.פִּנָּ֣ה
(pin·nah)
6438: a cornerof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
Now
pa`am  (pah'-am)
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
is she without
chuwts  (khoots)
abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
now
pa`am  (pah'-am)
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
in the streets
rchob  (rekh-obe')
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area -- broad place (way), street.
and lieth in wait
'arab  (aw-rab')
to lurk -- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
at
'etsel  (ay'-tsel)
(in the sense of joining) a side; (as a preposition) near -- at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with.
every corner
pinnah  (pin-naw')
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain -- bulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner.

King James Bible
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

International Standard Version
Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner.

NET Bible
at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But she wanders outside from time to time in the streets, and she lies in wait on the corners.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl at every corner.

King James 2000 Bible
Now is she outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
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