KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “She” | הִ֭יא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | She |
| “also” | אַף | Meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though | also |
| “lieth in wait” | תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב | To lurk | lieth wait |
| “as a prey,” | כְּחֶ֣תֶף | Properly, rapine; figuratively, robbery | prey |
| “for” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and increaseth” | תּוֹסִֽף׃ | To add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) | increaseth |
| “the transgressors” | וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים | To cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage | transgressors |
| “among men.” | בְּאָדָ֥ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | among men |
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26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
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