Proverbs 7:6
New International Version
At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.

New Living Translation
While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain,

English Standard Version
For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,

Berean Standard Bible
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

King James Bible
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

New King James Version
For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,

New American Standard Bible
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

NASB 1995
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

NASB 1977
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

Legacy Standard Bible
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

Amplified Bible
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice.

Christian Standard Bible
At the window of my house I looked through my lattice.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At the window of my house I looked through my lattice.

American Standard Version
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

Contemporary English Version
From the window of my house, I once happened to see

English Revised Version
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From a window in my house I looked through my screen.

Good News Translation
Once I was looking out the window of my house,

International Standard Version
For from a window in my house I peered through the lattice work,

Majority Standard Bible
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

NET Bible
For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out

New Heart English Bible
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

Webster's Bible Translation
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

World English Bible
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For at a window of my house, "" I have looked out through my casement,

Young's Literal Translation
For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

Smith's Literal Translation
For in the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,

Catholic Public Domain Version
For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,

New American Bible
For at the window of my house, through my lattice I looked out

New Revised Standard Version
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For from the window of her house and from the balcony she looked out,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because she looked out from a window of her house and from the balcony
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. 6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. 7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,…

Cross References
Proverbs 1:20-21
Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square; / in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:

Proverbs 9:13-15
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 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 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.

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 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Proverbs 11:22
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 21:9
Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Matthew 7:13-14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20
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. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.


Treasury of Scripture

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

the simple

Proverbs 1:4,22,32
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion…

Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 14:15,18
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going…

the youths

Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Proverbs 9:4,16
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, …

Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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Proverbs 7
1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6. 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














For at the window of my house
This phrase sets the scene for the narrative that follows. The "window" in ancient Hebrew culture was not just an architectural feature but a vantage point for observation. Windows were often small openings in the wall, providing a limited but focused view of the outside world. The Hebrew word for "window" is "חַלּוֹן" (chalón), which can also imply a place of insight or revelation. In this context, the window represents a place of discernment, where one can observe the unfolding of events with clarity. The "house" symbolizes the domain of the speaker, a place of safety and wisdom, contrasting with the chaos and folly observed outside.

I looked through the lattice
The "lattice" refers to a grid or network of wooden or metal strips that cover the window. In Hebrew, the word is "אֶשְׁנָב" (eshnav), suggesting a barrier that allows for observation without full exposure. This implies a sense of protection and discretion, as the observer can see without being seen. The lattice serves as a metaphor for the boundaries of wisdom and discernment, allowing one to perceive the world while remaining shielded from its corrupting influences. It highlights the importance of maintaining a separation between the wisdom of the household and the folly of the outside world.

Verses 6-23. - To show the greatness of the danger presented by the seductions of the temptress, the writer introduces no mere abstraction, no mere personification of a quality, but an actual example of what had passed before his own eyes. Verse 6. - For. The particle introduces the example. At the window of my house. He gives a graphic delineation of a scene witnessed outside his house. I looked through my casement; eshnab, "the lattice," which served the purpose of our Venetian blinds, excluding the sun, but letting the cool air pass into the room (comp. Judges 5:28). A person within could see all that passed in the street without being himself visible from without (Song of Solomon 2:9). The Septuagint reads the sentence as spoken of the woman: "For from the window glancing out of her house into the streets, at one whom she might see of the senseless children, a young man void of understanding."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֭י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

at the window
בְּחַלּ֣וֹן (bə·ḥal·lō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 2474: A window

of my house
בֵּיתִ֑י (bê·ṯî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1004: A house

I looked
נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃ (niš·qā·p̄ə·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8259: To overhang, look out or down

through
בְּעַ֖ד (bə·‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

the lattice.
אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י (’eš·nab·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 822: A latticed window


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