1	My son, keep# my words, and lay up# my commandments with thee.
			2	Keep# my commandments, and live# ; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
			3	Bind# them upon thy fingers, write# them upon the table of thine heart.
			4	Say# unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call# understanding thy kinswoman:
			5	That they may keep# thee from the strange# woman, from the stranger which flattereth# with her words.
			6	For at the window of my house I looked# through my casement,
			7	And beheld# among the simple ones, I discerned# among the youths, a young man void of understanding, [the youths: Heb. the sons]
			8	Passing through# the street near her corner; and he went# the way to her house,
			9	In the twilight, in the evening# , in the black and dark night: [in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days]
			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, [with...: Heb. she strengthened her face and said]
			14	I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed# my vows. [I have...: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me]
			15	Therefore came I forth# to meet# thee, diligently to seek# thy face, and I have found# thee.
			16	I have decked# my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works , with fine linen of Egypt.
			17	I have perfumed# my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
			18	Come# , let us take our fill# of love until the morning: let us solace# ourselves with loves.
			19	For the goodman is not at home, he is gone# a long journey:
			20	He hath taken# a bag of money with him, and will come# home at the day appointed. [with...: Heb. in his hand] [the day...: or, the new moon]
			21	With her much fair speech she caused him to yield# , with the flattering of her lips she forced# him.
			22	He goeth# after her straightway, as an ox goeth# to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; [straightway: Heb. suddenly]
			23	Till a dart strike# through his liver; as a bird hasteth# to the snare, and knoweth# not that it is for his life.
			24	Hearken# unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend# to the words of my mouth.
			25	Let not thine heart decline# to her ways, go not astray# in her paths.
			26	For she hath cast down# many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain# by her.
			27	Her house is the way to hell, going down# to the chambers of death.