Proverbs 7:9
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
World Messianic 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, he went the way to her house,
10Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
Cross References
Exodus 12:6You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
Job 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove 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 →