1 My son 1121, keep 8104 my words 561, and lay up 6845 my commandments 4687 with thee.
2 Keep 8104 my commandments 4687, and live 2421; and my law 8451 as the apple 380 of thine eye 5869.
3 Bind 7194 them upon thy fingers 676, write 3789 them upon the table 3871 of thine heart 3820.
4 Say 559 unto wisdom 2451, Thou art my sister 269; and call 7121 understanding 998 thy kinswoman 4129:
5 That they may keep 8104 thee from the strange 2114 woman 802, from the stranger 5237 which flattereth 2505 with her words 561.
6 For at the window 2474 of my house 1004 I looked 8259 through my casement 822,
7 And beheld 7200 among the simple ones 6612, I discerned 995 among the youths 1121, a young man 5288 void 2638 of understanding 3820,
8 Passing through 5674 the street 7784 near 681 her corner 6434; and he went 6805 the way 1870 to her house 1004,
9 In the twilight 5399, in the evening 3117 6153, in the black 380 and dark 653 night 3915:
10 And, behold, there met 7125 him a woman 802 with the attire 7897 of an harlot 2181, and subtil 5341 of heart 3820.
11 (She is loud 1993 and stubborn 5637; her feet 7272 abide 7931 not in her house 1004:
12 Now 6471 is she without 2351, now 6471 in the streets 7339, and lieth in wait 693 at 681 every corner 6438.)
13 So she caught 2388 him, and kissed 5401 him, and with an impudent 5810 face 6440 said 559 unto him,
14 I have peace 8002 offerings 2077 with me; this day 3117 have I payed 7999 my vows 5088.
15 Therefore came I forth 3318 to meet 7125 thee, diligently to seek 7836 thy face 6440, and I have found 4672 thee.
16 I have decked 7234 my bed 6210 with coverings 4765 of tapestry, with carved 2405 works, with fine linen 330 of Egypt 4714.
17 I have perfumed 5130 my bed 4904 with myrrh 4753, aloes 174, and cinnamon 7076.
18 Come 3212, let us take our fill 7301 of love 1730 until the morning 1242: let us solace 5965 ourselves with loves 159.
19 For the goodman 376 is not at home 1004, he is gone 1980 a long 7350 journey 1870:
20 He hath taken 3947 a bag 6872 of money 3701 with him 3027, and will come 935 home 1004 at the day 3117 appointed 3677.
21 With her much 7230 fair speech 3948 she caused him to yield 5186, with the flattering 2506 of her lips 8193 she forced 5080 him.
22 He goeth 1980 after 310 her straightway 6597, as an ox 7794 goeth 935 to the slaughter 2874, or as a fool 191 to the correction 4148 of the stocks 5914;
23 Till a dart 2671 strike 6398 through his liver 3516; as a bird 6833 hasteth 4116 to the snare 6341, and knoweth 3045 not that it is for his life 5315.
24 Hearken 8085 unto me now therefore, O ye children 1121, and attend 7181 to the words 561 of my mouth 6310.
25 Let not thine heart 3820 decline 7847 to her ways 1870, go not astray 8582 in her paths 5410.
26 For she hath cast down 5307 many 7227 wounded 2491: yea, many strong 6099 men have been slain 2026 by her.
27 Her house 1004 is the way 1870 to hell 7585, going down 3381 to the chambers 2315 of death 4194.