Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. New Living Translation Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. English Standard Version Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol; Berean Standard Bible Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. King James Bible Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. New King James Version Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell. New American Standard Bible Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol. NASB 1995 Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol. NASB 1977 Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of Sheol. Legacy Standard Bible Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol, Amplified Bible Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Christian Standard Bible Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol. Holman Christian Standard Bible Her feet go down to death; her steps head straight for Sheol. American Standard Version Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And her legs marry to death; her walk causes men to recline in Sheol. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. Contemporary English Version If you follow her, she will lead you down to the world of the dead. Douay-Rheims Bible Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell. English Revised Version Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol; GOD'S WORD® Translation Her feet descend to death. Her steps lead straight to hell. Good News Translation She will take you down to the world of the dead; the road she walks is the road to death. International Standard Version Her feet go down to death; her steps lead to Sheol. JPS Tanakh 1917 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on the nether-world; Literal Standard Version Her feet are going down to death, | Her steps take hold of Sheol. Majority Standard Bible Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. New American Bible Her feet go down to death, her steps reach Sheol; NET Bible Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. New Revised Standard Version Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol. New Heart English Bible Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. Webster's Bible Translation Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. World English Bible Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. Young's Literal Translation Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Avoiding Immorality…4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. 5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. 6She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.… Cross References Revelation 6:8 Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death. Treasury of Scripture Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Proverbs 2:18,19 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead… Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Jump to Previous Death Feet Follow Grave Hell Hold Lead Nether-World Path Sheol Steps Straight UnderworldJump to Next Death Feet Follow Grave Hell Hold Lead Nether-World Path Sheol Steps Straight UnderworldProverbs 5 1. Solomon exhorts to wisdom3. He shows the mischief of unfaithfulness and riot 15. He exhorts to contentedness, generosity, and chastity 22. The wicked are overtaken with their own sins (5) Take hold on hell.--They lead straight to it.Verse 5. - Vers. 5 and 6 continue the description of the harlot. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. She leads her victims to ruin. She hastens to death and the grove, and so do all those who listen to her. In all instances where the teacher speaks of the harlot at length he gives the same description of her (cf. Proverbs 2:18; Proverbs 7:27; Proverbs 9:18). An intensifying of the language is observable in the second hemistich. The descending progress to death becomes the laying hold of the grave, the underworld, as if nothing could turn her steps aside. And it is not only death, as the cessation of life, but death as a punishment, that is implied, just as the grave has in it the idea of corruption. (On "hell," sh'ol, see Proverbs 1:12.) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Her feetרַ֭גְלֶיהָ (raḡ·le·hā) Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda go down יֹרְד֣וֹת (yō·rə·ḏō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to death; מָ֑וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin her steps צְעָדֶ֥יהָ (ṣə·‘ā·ḏe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6806: A pace, regular step lead straight יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃ (yiṯ·mō·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close to Sheol. שְׁ֝א֗וֹל (’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) Links Proverbs 5:5 NIVProverbs 5:5 NLT Proverbs 5:5 ESV Proverbs 5:5 NASB Proverbs 5:5 KJV Proverbs 5:5 BibleApps.com Proverbs 5:5 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 5:5 Chinese Bible Proverbs 5:5 French Bible Proverbs 5:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death (Prov. 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