Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, at erev, 1 in the black and dark lailah; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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; 1 and he went on the derech to her bais, 1
10And, hinei, there met him an isha 1 with the attire of a zonah, 1 and crafty of lev 1
Cross References
Exodus 12:6And it will be with you for mishmeret (examination, checking for blemishes) up until the fourteenth day of the same month; and kol Kehal Adat Yisroel shall slaughter (shachat) it in the afternoon [before dark].
Job 24:15The eye also of the no'ef is shomer, watching for the duskʼs twilight, 1 saying, No eye shall see me, 1 and puts something to hide his face. 1
Ephesians 5:11And do not involve yourself in the ma'asei haChoshech (works of darkness), those works without p'ri; but rather even expose 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 →