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Proverbs 23:27

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שׁוּחָ֣הshuchahditchשׁוּחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “ditch”, the ordinary formH7745a chasmditch, pit.עֲמֻקָּ֣הamuqahdeepעָמֹקadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH6013deep (literally or figuratively)([idiom] exceeding) deep (thing).זוֹנָ֑הzonahcommit fornicationזָנָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “commit fornication”, a verb used as a describing wordH2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.וּבְאֵ֥רuveerand wellבְּאֵרconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and well”, the ordinary formH875a pit; especially a wellpit, well.צָ֝רָ֗הtsarahnarrowצַרadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “narrow”, the ordinary formH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.נָכְרִיָּֽהnakheriyahstrangeנׇכְרִיadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “strange”, the ordinary formH5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

Young’s Literal Translation

For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.

World English Bible

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Darby Translation

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Douay-Rheims

For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πίθος γὰρ τετρημένος ἐστὶν ἀλλότριος οἶκος, καὶ φρέαρ στενὸν ἀλλότριον.