28Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.


In Context

25 May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,

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

28 Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:28She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:28Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:28She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:28She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.