King James Version
Proverbs 7:10 in the King James Version says “And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.”
Proverbs 7:10 · KJV
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening , in the black and dark night: in the evening: Heb. in the evening of day
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And behold there met”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
“of an harlot”
H2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
“and subtil”
H5341to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
“of heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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