Proverbs 7:9

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the depth of the night and when it was dark:

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

In Context

8He was passing through the market-place near her corner; and he stepped along on the way to her house,

10And, behold, a woman came to meet him with the attire of a harlot, and obdurate of heart.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:6And ye shall have it in keeping until the fourteenth day of the same month; and then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it toward evening.

Job 24:15And the eye of the adulterer watcheth for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and placeth a covering on his face.

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 →

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