King James Version

Proverbs 7:9

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

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בְּנֶֽשֶׁףbeneshefin darkנֶשֶׁףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dark”, the ordinary formH5399properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.בְּעֶ֥רֶבbeerevin evenעֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in even”, the ordinary formH6153dusk[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.י֑וֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…בְּאִישׁ֥וֹןbeishonin appleאִישׁוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in apple”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH380the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)apple (of the eye), black, obscure.לַ֝֗יְלָהlaylahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).וַאֲפֵלָֽהvaafelahand darkאֲפֵלָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and dark”, the ordinary formH653duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealmentdark, darkness, gloominess, [idiom] thick.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Young’s Literal Translation

In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

World English Bible

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Darby Translation

in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

Douay-Rheims

In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

when there happens to be the stillness of night and of darkness:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ, ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ καὶ γνοφώδης,