7:1 My child, ²  keep my words

and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. ³ 

7:2 Keep my commands ⁴  so that you may live, ⁵ 

and obey ⁶  my instruction as your most prized possession. ⁷ 

7:3 Bind them on your forearm; ⁸ 

write them on the tablet of your heart. ⁹ 

7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” ¹⁰ 

and call understanding a close relative,

7:5 so that they may keep you ¹¹  from the adulterous ¹²  woman,

from the loose woman ¹³  who flatters you ¹⁴  with her words. ¹⁵ 

7:6 For at the window of my house

through my window lattice I looked out

7:7 and I saw among the naive –

I discerned among the youths ¹⁶  –

a young man ¹⁷  who lacked wisdom. ¹⁸ 

7:8 He was passing by the street near her corner,

making his way ¹⁹  along the road to her house ²⁰ 

7:9 in the twilight, the evening, ²¹ 

in the dark of the night. ²² 

7:10 Suddenly ²³  a woman came out to meet him!

She was dressed like a prostitute ²⁴  and with secret intent. ²⁵ 

7:11 (She is loud and rebellious,

she ²⁶  does not remain ²⁷  at home –

7:12 at one time outside, at another ²⁸  in the wide plazas,

and by every corner she lies in wait.)

7:13 So she grabbed him and kissed him,

and with a bold expression ²⁹  she said to him,

7:14 “I have ³⁰  fresh meat at home; ³¹ 

today I have fulfilled my vows!

7:15 That is why I came out to meet you,

to look for you, ³²  and I found you!