Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.) New Living Translation She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner. English Standard Version now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. Berean Standard Bible Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. King James Bible Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) New King James Version At times she was outside, at times in the open square, Lurking at every corner. New American Standard Bible She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner. NASB 1995 She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner. NASB 1977 She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner. Legacy Standard Bible Stepping in the streets, stepping in the squares, And near every corner she lies in wait. Amplified Bible At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places, Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner. Christian Standard Bible Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. American Standard Version Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.) Contemporary English Version who walk street after street, waiting to trap a man. English Revised Version Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner. 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. Good News Translation or stood waiting at a corner, sometimes in the streets, sometimes in the marketplace. International Standard Version Now she is in the street, now in the plazas, she lurks near every corner. Majority Standard Bible Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. NET Bible at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) New Heart English Bible Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner. Webster's Bible Translation Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) World English Bible Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionNow in an out-place, now in broad places, "" And she lies in wait near every corner)— Young's Literal Translation Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) -- Smith's Literal Translation One time without, one time in the broad ways; and she will lie in wait near every corner. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNow abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners. Catholic Public Domain Version now outside, now in the streets, now lying in ambush near the corners. New American Bible Now she is in the streets, now in the open squares, lurking in ambush at every corner. New Revised Standard Version now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut she roams around outside, now in the streets, and now lying in wait at the corners. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But she wanders outside from time to time in the streets, and she lies in wait on the corners. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner. Brenton Septuagint Translation For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings about the Adulteress…11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. 12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:… Cross References Proverbs 5:3-6 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, / in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. / Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. ... Proverbs 9:13-18 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. ... Proverbs 2:16-19 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ... Proverbs 6:24-26 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Proverbs 23:27-28 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. / Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared. Jeremiah 3:2 “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. Ezekiel 16:25 At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by. Isaiah 57:7-8 On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices. / Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness. Genesis 39:7-12 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” ... 1 Kings 11:1-4 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ... Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. Mark 7:21-23 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.” 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Treasury of Scripture Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.) Proverbs 9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, Proverbs 23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. Jeremiah 2:20,33,36 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot… Jump to Previous Broad Broadways Corner Lies Lurking Market Open Out-Place Places Road Spaces Squares Street Streets Turning Wait WaitingJump to Next Broad Broadways Corner Lies Lurking Market Open Out-Place Places Road Spaces Squares Street Streets Turning Wait WaitingProverbs 7 1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom6. In an example of his own experience he shows 10. the cunning of a harlot 22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton 24. He detests such wickedness Now in the street The phrase "now in the street" suggests a sense of immediacy and presence. In the Hebrew context, the "street" (Hebrew: חוּץ, "chutz") often represents the public sphere, a place of daily life and interaction. Streets in ancient times were not just thoroughfares but places of social gathering and commerce. This imagery conveys the idea that temptation and folly are not hidden but are openly present in the everyday aspects of life. The street is where people conduct their business and interact with the world, symbolizing the accessibility and pervasiveness of sin. now in the squares she lurks at every corner Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Nowפַּ֤עַם ׀ (pa·‘am) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence in the street, בַּח֗וּץ (ba·ḥūṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors now פַּ֥עַם (pa·‘am) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence in the squares, בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת (bā·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza she lurks תֶאֱרֹֽב׃ (ṯe·’ĕ·rōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 693: To lie in wait at וְאֵ֖צֶל (wə·’ê·ṣel) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every corner. פִּנָּ֣ה (pin·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6438: An angle, a pinnacle, a chieftain Links Proverbs 7:12 NIVProverbs 7:12 NLT Proverbs 7:12 ESV Proverbs 7:12 NASB Proverbs 7:12 KJV Proverbs 7:12 BibleApps.com Proverbs 7:12 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 7:12 Chinese Bible Proverbs 7:12 French Bible Proverbs 7:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:12 Now she is in the streets now (Prov. 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