⁸ and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord's wife, `Lo, my lord hath not known what `is' with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand;

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

¹⁴ A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

²⁴ A man with friends `is' to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

¹³ A foolish woman `is' noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

¹⁴ And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,

¹⁵ To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight `on' their paths.

¹⁶ `Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,

¹⁷ `Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

¹⁸ And he hath not known that Rephaim `are' there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

²⁵ Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

²⁶ For many `are' the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty `are' all her slain ones.

²⁷ The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

⁵ To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

³² He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

³³ A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,

²⁹ So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

²⁰ Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

²¹ Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

²² In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee.

²³ For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,

²⁴ To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

²⁵ Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

⁴ And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

⁵ Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

⁶ The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

⁷ And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

⁸ Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

¹⁷ Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

¹⁸ For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

¹⁹ None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

¹⁰ For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,

²⁶ Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

²⁷ For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

²⁸ She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.