கண்ணிகளும் வலைகளுமாகிய நெஞ்சமும், கயிறுகளுமாகிய கைகளுடைய ஸ்திரீயானவள், சாவிலும் அதிக கசப்புள்ளவளென்று கண்டேன், தேவனுக்குமுன்பாகச் சற்குணனாயிருக்கிறவன் அவளுக்குத் தப்புவான்; பாவியோ அவளால் பிடிபடுவான்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, `and’ whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
World English Bible (WEB)
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is’ nets and snares, her hands `are’ bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.
Cross Reference
Judges 16:18
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 23:27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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