The Meaning of Proverbs 23:27 Explained

Proverbs 23:27

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 23:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 23

1  Consider carefully what is before you

What do the individual words in Proverbs 23:27 mean?

For a pit deep a harlot [is] and a well narrow a seductress [is]
כִּֽי־ שׁוּחָ֣ה עֲמֻקָּ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וּבְאֵ֥ר צָ֝רָ֗ה נָכְרִיָּֽה

שׁוּחָ֣ה  a  pit 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שׁוּחָה  
Sense: pit.
עֲמֻקָּ֣ה  deep 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: עָמֹק  
Sense: deep, mysterious, depths.
זוֹנָ֑ה  a  harlot  [is] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: זָנָה 
Sense: to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot.
וּבְאֵ֥ר  and  a  well 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּאֵר  
Sense: well, pit, spring.
צָ֝רָ֗ה  narrow 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: צַר 
Sense: narrow, tight.
נָכְרִיָּֽה  a  seductress  [is] 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: נָכְרִי  
Sense: foreign, alien.

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