Proverbs · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Proverbs 7 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Hijo mío, guarda mis palabras Y atesora mis mandamientos dentro de ti.
1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
2 Guarda mis mandamientos y vive, Y mi enseñanza como la niña de tu ojo.
2 Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 Átalos a tus dedos. Escríbelos en la tabla de tu corazón.
3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Dí a la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana. Llama al entendimiento [tu] íntimo amigo,
4 Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
5 Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, De la seductora [que] lisonjea con sus palabras.
5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 Pues cuando desde la ventana de mi casa Observaba entre las celosías,
6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
7 Vi entre los ingenuos. Observé entre los jóvenes A un joven falto de entendimiento
7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
8 Que pasaba por la calle cerca de la esquina de ella. Caminaba en dirección a la casa de ella
8 passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
9 Al anochecer, cuando ya oscurecía, En medio de la noche y la oscuridad.
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 Y ahí estaba una mujer que [salía] a encontrarlo, Astuta de corazón, vestida de prostituta,
10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
11 Bullanguera y desenfrenada. Sus pies no pueden permanecer en casa,
11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
12 Unas veces en las calles, otras en las plazas, Acecha en todas las esquinas.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
13 Lo agarró y lo besó, Y descaradamente le dijo:
13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
14 Prometí sacrificios de paz. Hoy pagué mis votos.
14 “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
15 Por tanto salí a encontrarte, A buscar diligentemente tu rostro, y te hallé.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
16 Preparé mi cama con colchas. La tendí con lino de Egipto.
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 Perfumé mi cama con mirra, áloes, y canela.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Ven, deleitémonos con caricias hasta el alba. Embriaguémonos de amores,
18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19 Porque mi esposo no está en casa. Emprendió un largo viaje.
19 For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
20 Llevó consigo una bolsa de dinero. El día de luna nueva volverá a su casa.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
21 Lo rindió con la mucha suavidad de sus palabras. Lo sedujo con sus labios lisonjeros.
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 Súbitamente se fue tras ella, Como el buey al matadero, Como un venado que se enredó en la trampa,
22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 Como ave que se lanza contra la red, Sin saber que le costará la vida, Hasta que una flecha le traspasa el hígado.
23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
24 Ahora pues, hijos, escúchenme. Presten atención a las palabras de mi boca:
24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 No dejes que tu corazón se aparte a los caminos de ella, Ni te extravíes por sus sendas.
25 Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,
26 Porque ella dejó muchos heridos, Y aun los más fuertes fueron asesinados por ella.
26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27 Su casa es el camino al Seol, Que desciende a las cámaras de la muerte.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
- 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
- 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
- 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
- 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
- 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
- 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
- 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
- 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
- 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
- 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
- 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
- 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
- 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
- 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
- 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
- 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
- 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
- 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
- 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
- 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
- 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Take heed then, brethren, and hold fast the traditions which ye now receive, and write them an the table of your heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)