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8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Foolishness of Unfaithfulness</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.1" class="v20_7_1">1</span>My son, pay close attention</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_1">and don't forget</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_1">what I tell you to do.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.2" class="v20_7_2">2</span>Obey me, and you will live!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_2">Let my instructions be</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_2">your greatest treasure.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.3" class="v20_7_3">3</span>Keep them at your fingertips</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_3">and write them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_3">in your mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.4" class="v20_7_4">4</span>Let wisdom be your sister</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_4">and make common sense</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_4">your closest friend.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.5" class="v20_7_5">5</span>They will protect you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_5">from the flattering words</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_5">of someone else's wife.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.6" class="v20_7_6">6</span>From the window of my house,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_6">I once happened to see</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.7" class="v20_7_7">7</span>some foolish young men.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.8" class="v20_7_8">8</span>It was late in the evening,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_8">sometime after dark.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.9" class="v20_7_9">9</span>One of these young men</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_9">turned the corner</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_9">and was walking by the house</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_9">of an unfaithful wife.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.10" class="v20_7_10">10</span>She was dressed fancy</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_10">like a woman of the street</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_10">with only one thing in mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.11" class="v20_7_11">11</span>She was one of those women</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_11">who are loud and restless</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_11">and never stay at home,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.12" class="v20_7_12">12</span>who walk street after street,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_12">waiting to trap a man.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.13" class="v20_7_13">13</span>She grabbed him and kissed him,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_13">and with no sense of shame,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_13">she said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.14" class="v20_7_14">14</span>“I had to offer a sacrifice,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_14">and there is enough meat</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_14">left over for a feast.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.15" class="v20_7_15">15</span>So I came looking for you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_15">and here you are!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.16" class="v20_7_16">16</span>The sheets on my bed</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_16">are bright-colored cloth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_16">from Egypt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.17" class="v20_7_17">17</span>And I have covered it</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_17">with perfume made of myrrh,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_17">aloes, and cinnamon.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.18" class="v20_7_18">18</span>“Let's go there</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_18">and make love all night.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.19" class="v20_7_19">19</span>My husband is traveling,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_19">and he's far away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.20" class="v20_7_20">20</span>He took a lot of money along,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_20">and he won't be back home</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_20">before the middle</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_20">of the month.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.21" class="v20_7_21">21</span>And so, she tricked him</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_21">with all of her sweet talk</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_21">and her flattery.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.22" class="v20_7_22">22</span>At once he followed her</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_22">like an ox on the way</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_22">to be slaughtered,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_22">or like a fool on the way</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_22">to be punished<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.7.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.23" class="v20_7_23">23</span>and killed with arrows.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_23">He was no more than a bird</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_23">rushing into a trap,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_23">without knowing</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_23">it would cost him his life.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.24" class="v20_7_24">24</span>My son, pay close attention</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_24">to what I have said.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_25"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.25" class="v20_7_25">25</span>Don't even think about</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_25">that kind of woman</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_25">or let yourself be misled</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_25">by someone like her.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_26"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.26" class="v20_7_26">26</span>Such a woman has caused</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_26">the downfall and destruction</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_26">of a lot of men.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_27"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.7.27" class="v20_7_27">27</span>Her house is a one-way street</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_7_27">leading straight down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_7_27">to the world of the dead.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.22 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a fool … punished: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible 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