16 “Whoever(A) is [a]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen(B) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (C)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [b]hell.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:16 naive
  2. Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol

16     “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense(A) she says,
17     “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is delicious!(B)
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
    that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.(C)

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