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a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/23.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, And a strange woman is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep pit, And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, And an immoral woman is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a wayward woman is a narrow well;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a stranger is a narrow well; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Bad women and unfaithful wives are like a deep pit--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Prostitutes and immoral women are a deadly trap. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />A prostitute is a deep pit. A loose woman is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For a whore <i>is</i> a deep ditch; and a strange woman <i>is</i> a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For a harlot <i>is</i> a deep pit, And a seductress <i>is</i> a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/proverbs/23.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a seductress is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/proverbs/23.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/proverbs/23.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />For a harlot <i>is</i> a deep ditch, and a wanton woman <i>is</i> a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/proverbs/23.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/proverbs/23.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/proverbs/23.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/proverbs/23.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, "" And a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a strong woman a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For a whore is a deep ditch and an estranged woman is a disturbed well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep pit; and a strange woman is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For a harlot is a deep ditch; And an alien woman is a narrow pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/proverbs/23.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: zō·w·nāh (N-fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">a prostitute</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013: ‘ă·muq·qāh (Adj-fs) -- From amaq; deep.">is a deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm" title="7745: šū·ḥāh (N-fs) -- A pit. From shuwach; a chasm.">pit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: nā·ḵə·rî·yāh (Adj-fs) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">and an adulteress</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: ṣā·rāh (Adj-fs) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">is a narrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875: ū·ḇə·’êr (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A well, pit. From ba'ar; a pit; especially a well.">well.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/proverbs/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">For</a><a href="/hebrew/2185.htm" title="2185. zonowth (zo-noth') -- armour "> a harlot</a><a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013. amoq (aw-moke') -- deep"> [is] a deep</a><a href="/hebrew/7745.htm" title="7745. shuwchah (shoo-khaw') -- a pit"> ditch</a><a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237. nokriy (nok-ree') -- foreign, alien">, And a strange</a><a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862. tsar (tsar) -- adversary"> woman [is] a strait</a><a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875. 'er (be-ayr') -- a well, pit"> pit.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="כִּי_2 Pc 3588">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2185.htm" title="זֹנָה ncfsa 2185"> a prostitute</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="עָמֹק afsa 6013"> is a deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm" title="שׁוּחָה_1 ncfsa 7745"> pit</a>, <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="נָכְרִי afsa 5237"> a stranger</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="צַר_1 afsa 6862"> is a narrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="בְּאֵר_1 ncfsa 875"> well</a>;</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/proverbs/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181. zanah (zaw-naw') -- to commit fornication, be a harlot">For a harlot</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013. amoq (aw-moke') -- deep">is a deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm" title="7745. shuwchah (shoo-khaw') -- a pit">pit</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237. nokriy (nok-ree') -- foreign, alien">And an adulterous</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237. nokriy (nok-ree') -- foreign, alien">woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862a.htm" title="6862a">is a narrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875. 'er (be-ayr') -- a well, pit">well.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181. zanah (zaw-naw') -- to commit fornication, be a harlot">For a whore</a> <a href="/hebrew/6013.htm" title="6013. amoq (aw-moke') -- deep">[is] a deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/7745.htm" title="7745. shuwchah (shoo-khaw') -- a pit">ditch;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237. nokriy (nok-ree') -- foreign, alien">and a strange woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862. tsar (tsar) -- adversary">[is] a narrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/875.htm" title="875. 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