King James Version
Proverbs 7:9 in the King James Version says “In the twilight, in the evening , in the black and dark night: in the evening: Heb. in the evening of day” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the twilight, in the evening , in the black and dark night: in the evening: Heb. in the evening of day”
Proverbs 7:9 · KJV
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.
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In the twilight”
H5399properly, a breeze, i.e., (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
“in the evening”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“in the black”
H380the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night)
“night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
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