Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

World English Bible

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

American Standard Version

For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

Geneva Bible 1599

For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.

Darby Translation

For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Young's Literal Translation

For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.

Bible in Basic English

For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

In context

26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

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