Proverbs 23:28
King James Version (KJV)
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
In context
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.
Proverbs 23:28 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
- WEB World English Bible
- Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
- WBS Webster Bible
- She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.