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27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait [a]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.
29 Who hath [b]woe? who hath [c]sorrow? who hath contentions?
Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause?
Who hath [d]redness of eyes?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey
  2. Proverbs 23:29 Hebrew Oh!
  3. Proverbs 23:29 Hebrew Alas!
  4. Proverbs 23:29 Or, darkness