Proverbs 7:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)”

Proverbs 7:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 7:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 7:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.”

Proverbs 7:12 — World English Bible

Proverbs 7:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.) ”

Proverbs 7:12 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 7:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --”

Proverbs 7:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 7:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner. ”

Proverbs 7:12 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 7:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)”

Proverbs 7:12 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 7:12 in Context — Proverbs 7

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 is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

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What Does Proverbs 7:12 Mean?

Proverbs 7:12 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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