Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
In Context
8Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
10And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
Cross References
Exodus 12:6'And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings;
Job 24:15And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
Ephesians 5:11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
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 →