Proverbs 7:9
It was twilight, in the evening of the day, 1 at the time of night and darkness. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
In Context
8That young man passed down the street near her corner, 1 and he went toward her house. 1
10There a woman met him, 1 dressed like a prostitute, with a false heart. 1
Cross References
Exodus 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of that month. Then the whole assembly of Israel must kill these animals at twilight.
Job 24:15Also, the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight; 1 he says, 'No eye will see me.' 1 He disguises his face. 1
Ephesians 5:11Do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather 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 →