King James Version
Proverbs 7:8 in the King James Version says “Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,”
Proverbs 7:8 · KJV
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,
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Passing through”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“to her house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“and he went”
H6805to pace, i.e., step regularly; (upward) to mount; (along) to march; (down and causatively) to hurl
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