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13 The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
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Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
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calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who lacks sense she says,
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“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
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“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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