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at full moon he will come home.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He hath taken a bag of money with him, <i>and</i> will come home at the day appointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him, <i>And</i> will come home on the appointed day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He has taken a bag of money with him. At the full moon he will come home.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him, At full moon he will come home.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He took a bag of silver in his hand, On the day of the full moon he will come home.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him, And he will come home on the appointed day.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He took a bag of silver with him and will come home at the time of the full moon.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He took a bag of money with him and will come home at the time of the full moon.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He took a lot of money along, and he won't be back home before the middle of the month." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He hath taken a bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He took lots of money with him. He won't be home for a couple of weeks."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He took plenty of money with him and won't be back for two weeks." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money in his hand, "" At the day of the new moon he comes to his house.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He took a bundle of silver in his hand; he will come to his house the day of the full moon.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A bag of money he took with him, he will not return home till the full moon.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He took a bag of money with him; he will not come home until full moon.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He has taken a bag of money with him, and it will be a long time before he comes home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He has taken the money bag of money in his hand and it will be for many days before he comes to his house.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He hath taken the bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/7-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1242" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Warnings about the Adulteress</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qaḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">He took</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yā·ḏōw (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">with him</a> <a href="/hebrew/6872.htm" title="6872: ṣə·rō·wr- (N-msc) -- A parcel, a kernel, particle. Or tsror; from tsarar; a parcel; also a kernel or particle.">a bag</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: hak·ke·sep̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of money</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and will not return</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ḇê·ṯōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: lə·yō·wm (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">till</a> <a href="/hebrew/3677.htm" title="3677: hak·kê·se (Art:: N-ms) -- Full moon. Or keceh; apparently from kacah; properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. Its festival.">the moon is full.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm">Proverbs 6:34-35</a></span><br />For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. / He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-15.htm">Proverbs 5:15-20</a></span><br />Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well. / Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? / Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Proverbs 2:16-19</a></span><br />It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13-18</a></span><br />The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-27.htm">Proverbs 23:27-28</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. / Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Matthew 24:48-51</a></span><br />But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ / And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-45.htm">Luke 12:45-46</a></span><br />But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-3</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm">1 Corinthians 7:5</a></span><br />Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a></span><br />But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Ezekiel 16:32</a></span><br />You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14-16</a></span><br />Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-5</a></span><br />“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.</p><p class="hdg">with him or in his hand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-138.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/psalms/126-6.htm">Bag</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-18.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-19.htm">Home</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-19.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Money</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-14.htm">Money-Bag</a> <a href="/psalms/148-3.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">New</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-14.htm">Purse</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/8-23.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-11.htm">Bag</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-21.htm">Full</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-31.htm">Home</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-27.htm">House</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Money</a> <a href="/luke/22-36.htm">Money-Bag</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm">Moon</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-24.htm">New</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Purse</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-1.htm">Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm">In an example of his own experience he shows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">the cunning of a harlot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-24.htm">He detests such wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><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> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He took with him a bag of money</b><br>This phrase suggests a planned and extended journey, indicating that the husband in the narrative is well-prepared for a long absence. In ancient times, carrying a bag of money was a sign of wealth and provision, necessary for travel and trade. This detail highlights the husband's trust in his wife, leaving her with resources, and underscores the betrayal of that trust. Biblically, money is often associated with transactions and exchanges, and here it symbolizes the transactional nature of the adulterous relationship. The absence of the husband provides the opportunity for the wife’s infidelity, a theme echoed in other scriptures warning against the dangers of idleness and temptation (e.g., <a href="/2_samuel/11.htm">2 Samuel 11:1-4</a>, the story of David and Bathsheba).<p><b>and will not return</b><br>The certainty of the husband's absence is emphasized, creating a window of opportunity for the adulterous affair. This phrase reflects the cultural context of the time, where travel was unpredictable and often lengthy due to the limitations of ancient transportation. The husband's delayed return is a critical element in the narrative, as it provides the adulteress with the assurance needed to seduce the young man. This situation is a cautionary tale about the dangers of assuming security in sin, as echoed in other biblical warnings about the deceitfulness of sin (<a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">Hebrews 3:13</a>).<p><b>till the moon is full.</b><br>The reference to the full moon indicates a specific time frame, likely about a month, which was a common way to measure time in ancient cultures. The lunar calendar was widely used in biblical times, and the full moon marked a significant point in the month. This detail not only provides a temporal setting but also symbolizes the completeness or fullness of the husband's absence, giving the adulteress ample time to carry out her plans. The full moon can also be seen as a metaphor for the culmination of sin, as it reaches its peak before consequences ensue. This aligns with the biblical theme of hidden sins eventually being brought to light (<a href="/luke/8-17.htm">Luke 8:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_adulterous_woman.htm">The Adulterous Woman</a></b><br>In the context of <a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Proverbs 7</a>, she is a symbol of temptation and unfaithfulness, luring the young man into sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_young_man.htm">The Young Man</a></b><br>Represents those who are naive or lacking wisdom, easily swayed by temptation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_husband.htm">The Husband</a></b><br>The absent figure in the account, whose journey and return are used to illustrate the time frame of the young man's temptation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house.htm">The House</a></b><br>The setting where the seduction takes place, symbolizing a place of moral danger.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_full_moon.htm">The Full Moon</a></b><br>Represents a specific time frame, indicating the duration of the husband's absence and the opportunity for sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_temptation.htm">The Danger of Temptation</a></b><br>Temptation often presents itself when we are least prepared. We must be vigilant and grounded in God's Word to resist.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_wisdom.htm">The Importance of Wisdom</a></b><br>Proverbs consistently emphasizes the need for wisdom and discernment to avoid the pitfalls of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin may seem appealing in the moment, but it leads to destruction and regret. We must consider the long-term consequences of our actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_accountability.htm">The Role of Accountability</a></b><br>Having accountability partners can help us stay on the right path and avoid situations that lead to temptation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_faithfulness.htm">The Value of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Faithfulness in relationships reflects our faithfulness to God. We must strive to honor our commitments and live with integrity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_a_full_moon.htm">What does the Bible mention about a full moon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_gun_control.htm">What is the Bible's stance on gun control?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/summarize_the_exodus_from_egypt..htm">What does the Bible say about gun confiscation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_evil_eye_mean.htm">What does the evil eye mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He hath taken a bag of money with him;</span> not only to defray the expenses of the journey (a fact which need not be dwelt upon), but because he has some pecuniary business to transact which will occupy his time, and prevent his return before the appointed hour. And <span class="cmt_word">will come home at the day appointed;</span> better, as the Revised Version, <span class="accented">he will come home at the full moor</span>, (<span class="accented">in die pleura lunae</span>, Vulgate). <span class="hebrew">כֶּסֶא</span> here, and <span class="hebrew">כֶּסֶה</span> <a href="/psalms/81-4.htm">Psalm 81:4</a>, are rightly translated "the full moon," this rendering being supported by the Syriac <span class="accented">keso</span>, though the etymology is doubtful. As it has before been mentioned that the night was dark (ver. 9), it is plain that there were still many days to run before the moon was full, and the husband returned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/7-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He took</span><br /><span class="heb">לָקַ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·qaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with him</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיָד֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yā·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a bag</span><br /><span class="heb">צְֽרוֹר־</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·rō·wr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6872.htm">Strong's 6872: </a> </span><span class="str2">A parcel, a kernel, particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of money</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֭כֶּסֶף</span> <span class="translit">(hak·ke·sep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and will not be returning</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="heb">לְי֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the moon [is] full.”</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֝כֵּ֗סֶא</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kê·se)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3677.htm">Strong's 3677: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fulness, the full moon, its festival</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/7-20.htm">Proverbs 7:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/7-20.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:20 He has taken a bag of money (Prov. 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