27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.


In Context

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy of him.

25 Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice.

26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.

29 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?

Proverbs 23:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:27for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.