Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him.

New American Standard Bible

And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

King James Version

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Holman Bible

A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,
having a hidden agenda.

A Conservative Version

And, behold, there met him a woman attired like a harlot, and wily of heart.

American Standard Version

And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

Amplified


And there a woman met him,
Dressed as a prostitute and sly and cunning of heart.

Bible in Basic English

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

Darby Translation

And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

Julia Smith Translation

And behold, a woman to his meeting, the attire of a harlot, and hidden of heart

King James 2000

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.

Modern King James verseion

And, behold, there a woman met him, with the dress of a harlot and a guarded heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And behold, there met him a woman with open tokens of a harlot. Only her heart was hid.

NET Bible

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

The Emphasized Bible

And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart.

Webster

And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.

World English Bible

Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

Youngs Literal Translation

And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And, behold, there met
קראה 
Qir'ah 
Usage: 99

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

with the attire
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 2

of an harlot
זנה 
Zanah 
Usage: 93

References

Fausets

Context Readings

A Story Of Seduction

9 at twilight, during the evening, even during the darkest part of the night. 10 Look! A woman makes her way to meet him, dressed as a prostitute and intending to entrap him. 11 She is brazen and defiant her feet don't remain at home.



Cross References

Genesis 38:14-15

So she took off her mourning apparel, covered herself with a shawl, and concealed her outward appearance. Then she went out and sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah, because she knew that even though Shelah had grown up, she wasn't being given to him as his wife.

1 Timothy 2:9

Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,

Genesis 3:1

Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the LORD God had made. He asked the woman, "Did God actually say, "You are not to eat from any tree of the garden'?"

2 Kings 9:22

As soon as Joram noticed Jehu, he cried out, "Peace, Jehu?" Jehu replied, "What peace, given your mother Jezebel's prostitution and all of her witchcraft?"

2 Kings 9:30

As soon as Jehu arrived at Jezreel, Jezebel adorned her eyes, arranged her hair, and peered out a window.

Isaiah 3:16-24

The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,

Isaiah 23:16

"Take a harp; walk around the city, you forgotten whore! Make sweet melody; sing many songs, and perhaps you'll be remembered."

Jeremiah 4:30

You are ruined! What are you doing dressing in scarlet, putting on golden ornaments, and highlighting your eyes with makeup? You are making yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers reject you they're out to kill you.

2 Corinthians 11:2-3

I am jealous of you with God's own jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to the Messiah.

Revelation 17:3-5

Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was controlled by blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns.

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