Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the rechovot, 1 and lurketh in wait at every pinnah (corner) — 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
In Context
11— She is loud and soreret (rebellious, defiant); 1 her raglayim abide not in her bais; 1
13So she caught hold of him, and kissed him, 1 and with a brazen ponem said unto him, 1
Cross References
Proverbs 7:8Passing through the street near her corner; 1 and he went on the derech to her bais, 1
Proverbs 23:28She also lieth in wait like a road bandit, 1 and increaseth the bogedim (unfaithful) among adam (mankind). 1
Jeremiah 2:33How well thou direct thy derech to seek ahavah? 1 Therefore hast thou also taught hara'ot (the worst women) 1 the darkhei (ways) of thee. 1
Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the hilltops, and see! 1 Where hast thou not been lain with? 1 In the drakhim (ways, roads) hast thou sat [waiting] for them, 1 as the nomad in the midbar; 1 and thou hast defiled the eretz 1 with thy zenut (whoredom, prostitution) and with thy ra'ah (wickedness). 1
Ezekiel 16:31In that thou buildest thine gev in rosh kol derech, and makest thine ramah in every rechov; and hast not been as a zonah, in that thou scornest hire;
Revelation 18:23And the ohr of a menorah would shine in you no more, and the kol (voice) of a choson (bridegroom) and of a kallah (bride) would be heard in you no more; because your merchants were the gedolim (the great) of ha'aretz (the earth), because by your kashefanut (sorcery) were all the Goyim deceived, + 18:23 Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; Isa 23:8; Nah 3:4
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 →