Proverbs 7:8
He was passing through the market-place near her corner; and he stepped along on the way to her house,
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a lad void of sense;
9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the depth of the night and when it was dark:
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it happened at evening-tide, that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and he saw from the roof a woman bathing herself; and the woman was of a very beautiful appearance.
Proverbs 5:8Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;
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 →