Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 28 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 23:28

Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
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BBE Proverbs 23:28

Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
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DARBY Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
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KJV Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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WEB Proverbs 23:28

Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, And increases the unfaithful among men.
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YLT Proverbs 23:28

She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - She also lieth in wait as for a prey. "Yea, she [Proverbs 22:19] lieth in wait," as is graphically described in ch. 7. (comp. Jeremiah 3:2). Chetheph is better taken, not as "prey," but in a concrete sense as the person who snatches it, the robber. Vulgate, Insidiatur in via quasi latro (comp. Psalm 10:9). And increaseth the transgressors among men. The Greek and Latin versions have taken רוסִיפ as meaning "kills," "destroys." But the verb yasaph always means "to add," here "to multiply." The special transgression indicated is treachery or faithlessness. The harlot leads her victim to be faithless to his God, his wife, his parents, his tutor, his master. Septuagint, "For he shall perish suddenly, and every transgressor shall be destroyed."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Increaseth the transgressors (faithless) among men.--This vice being the fruitful source of faithlessness both towards man and God.