Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
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1 son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments. son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:
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My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
2 keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and my words as the pupils of eyes.
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Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 And bind them on thy fingers, and write on the table of thine heart.
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Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.
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They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
6 For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
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At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
7 passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
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I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
8 and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
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He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
9 when there happens the stillness of night and of darkness:
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at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
10 and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
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Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
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(She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
12 For at one time she wanders without, and at time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
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now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
13 Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
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She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
14 I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
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“Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
15 therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; I have found thee.
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So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
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I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
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Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
19 For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
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My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
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He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.”
21 So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from .
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With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
22 And he followed her, being gently led on, and as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
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All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
23 and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for life.
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till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
24 Now then, son, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
25 Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways :
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Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
26 for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
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Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
27 Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
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Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
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