King James Version
Proverbs 7:11 in the King James Version says “(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:”
Proverbs 7:11 · KJV
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.)
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, with: Heb. she strengthened her face and said
KJV Study — Public Domain
“She is loud”
H1993to make a loud sound (like english 'hum'); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“not in her house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“her feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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