King James Version
Proverbs 7:6 in the King James Version says “For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,”
Proverbs 7:6 · KJV
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, the youths: Heb. the sons
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of my house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“I looked”
H8259properly, to lean out (of a window), i.e., (by implication) peep or gaze (passively, be a spectacle)
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