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Proverbs 7:12

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

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פַּ֤עַםpaamanvilפַּעַםnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “anvil”, the ordinary formH6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.בַּח֗וּץbachutsin abroadחוּץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.פַּ֥עַםpaamanvilפַּעַםnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “anvil”, the ordinary formH6471a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.בָּרְחֹב֑וֹתbarechovotin broad placeרְחֹבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in broad place”, the ordinary formH7339a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or areabroad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).וְאֵ֖צֶלveetseland nearאֵצֶלconjunction, preposition — “and near”H681a side; (as a preposition) nearat, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also H1018 (בֵּית הָאֵצֶל).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).פִּנָּ֣הpinahbulwarkפִּנָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bulwark”, the ordinary formH6438an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftainbulwark, chief, corner, stay, tower.תֶאֱרֹֽבteerovambushאָרַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “ambush”, an unfinished actionH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται, χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει.