Proverbs 23:27
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
In context
25 May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 23:27 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- KJV King James Version
- For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- WEB World English Bible
- For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.