Proverbs 7:9
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
In Context
8passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house,
10And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.
Cross References
Exodus 12:6And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
Job 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face.
Ephesians 5:11And do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even rebuke them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →