Focused Passage

Proverbs 9:13-18

Two Invitations: Wisdom's Feast, the Fear of the LORD, and Folly's House of Death

The chapter moves from Wisdom's feast, to the test of correction, to the theological center of the fear of the LORD, to Folly's counterfeit feast and hidden death.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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References and Original Words

Verse 13

Original words

The woman אֵ֣שֶׁת H802 Noun - feminine singular construct [named] Folly כְּ֭סִילוּת H3687 Noun - feminine singular is loud הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה H1993 Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular [she is] naive פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת H6615 Noun - feminine singular and knows יָ֥דְעָה H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular nothing וּבַל־ H1077 Conjunctive waw | Adverb . . . מָּֽה׃ H4100 Interrogative
Verse 14

Original words

She sits וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָה H3427 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular at the door לְפֶ֣תַח H6607 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of her house בֵּיתָ֑הּ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition a seat כִּ֝סֵּ֗א H3678 Noun - masculine singular in the heights מְרֹ֣מֵי H4791 Noun - masculine plural construct of the city קָֽרֶת׃ H7176 Noun - feminine singular
Verse 15

Original words

calling out לִקְרֹ֥א H7121 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct to those who pass by לְעֹֽבְרֵי־ H5674 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct . . . דָ֑רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular who make הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים H3474 Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural their paths {straight} אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃ H734 Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 16

Original words

Whoever מִי־ H4310 Interrogative [is] simple פֶ֭תִי H6612 Noun - masculine singular let him turn in יָסֻ֣ר H5493 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular here הֵ֑נָּה H2008 Adverb she says וְאָ֣מְרָה H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular to him לּֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular who lacks וַחֲסַר־ H2638 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct judgment לֵ֝֗ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 17

Original words

Stolen גְּנוּבִ֥ים H1589 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural water מַֽיִם־ H4325 Noun - masculine plural is sweet יִמְתָּ֑קוּ H4985 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural and bread וְלֶ֖חֶם H3899 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct [eaten] in secret סְתָרִ֣ים H5643 Noun - masculine plural is tasty יִנְעָֽם׃ H5276 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 18

Original words

But they do not וְֽלֹא־ H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle know יָ֭דַע H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction the dead רְפָאִ֣ים H7496 Noun - masculine plural are there שָׁ֑ם H8033 Adverb that her guests קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃פ H7121 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular [are] in the depths בְּעִמְקֵ֖י H6012 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of Sheol שְׁא֣וֹל H7585 Noun - common singular

BSB notes

  • Hebrew the Rephaim

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