14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.


In Context

11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

12 The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, |There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!|

14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the Lord 's wrath will fall into it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:14A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.