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New Century Version

Proverbs 7:7

and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Blindness;   Children;   Ignorance;   Lasciviousness;   Temptation;   Women;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Simple, the;   Wisdom-Folly;   The Topic Concordance - Whoredom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Wicked;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fool, folly;   Fornication;   Men;   Wisdom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fool, Foolishness, Folly;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Evil Speaking;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Delilah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Proverbs, Book of;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Song of Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Discern;   Simple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chastity;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I saw among the inexperienced,I noticed among the youths,a young man lacking sense.
Hebrew Names Version
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
King James Version
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
English Standard Version
and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,
New English Translation
and I saw among the naive— I discerned among the youths— a young man who lacked wisdom.
Amplified Bible
And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible], I saw among the youths A young man lacking [good] sense,
New American Standard Bible
And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,
World English Bible
I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
Legacy Standard Bible
And I saw among the simple,And discerned among the sonsA young man lacking a heart of wisdom,
Berean Standard Bible
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Contemporary English Version
some foolish young men.
Complete Jewish Bible
when I saw among the young men there, among those who don't think for themselves, a young fellow devoid of all sense.
Darby Translation
and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
Easy-to-Read Version
at some foolish teenagers and noticed one who had no sense at all.
George Lamsa Translation
And she beheld young men, she spied among the youths, and those who lacked understanding,
Good News Translation
and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular.
Lexham English Bible
And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking sense,
Literal Translation
and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the sons a young man lacking heart,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& behelde the simple people: & amonge other yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole
American Standard Version
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Bible in Basic English
I saw among the young men one without sense,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
King James Version (1611)
And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
English Revised Version
And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I biholde a yong man coward,
Update Bible Version
And I saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Webster's Bible Translation
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
New King James Version
And saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man devoid of understanding,
New Living Translation
I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.
New Life Bible
And I saw among the child-like and among the young people a young man without wisdom and understanding.
New Revised Standard
and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
Revised Standard Version
and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,
Young's Literal Translation
And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,

Contextual Overview

6 Once while I was at the window of my house I looked out through the shutters 7 and saw some foolish, young men. I noticed one of them had no wisdom. 8 He was walking down the street near the corner on the road leading to her house. 9 It was the twilight of the evening; the darkness of the night was just beginning. 10 Then the woman approached him, dressed like a prostitute and planning to trick him. 11 She was loud and stubborn and never stayed at home. 12 She was always out in the streets or in the city squares, waiting around on the corners of the streets. 13 She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him, 14 "I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home. Today I have kept my special promises. 15 So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the simple: Proverbs 1:4, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:32, Proverbs 8:5, Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 14:18, Proverbs 19:25, Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 27:12, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 119:130, Romans 16:18, Romans 16:19

the youths: Heb. the sons

void: Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 9:4, Proverbs 9:16, Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 24:30, Jeremiah 4:22, Matthew 15:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:7 - wrought 2 Samuel 13:12 - folly Psalms 107:17 - Fools Psalms 119:9 - shall

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will make an agreement with you—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives will all go into the boat.
Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are the best person among the people of this time, so you and your family can go into the boat.
Genesis 7:13
On that same day Noah and his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives went into the boat.
Genesis 7:15
Every creature that had the breath of life came to Noah in the boat in groups of two.
Proverbs 22:3
The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.
Matthew 24:38
In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving their children to be married, until the day Noah entered the boat.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving their children to be married until the day Noah entered the boat. Then the flood came and killed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.
Hebrews 11:7
It was by faith that Noah heard God's warnings about things he could not yet see. He obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family. By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.
1 Peter 3:20
who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the boat. Only a few people—eight in all—were saved by water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And beheld among the simple ones,.... Such as are easily persuaded and drawn into sin; simple and foolish in things moral and spiritual, and not arrived to any ripeness of understanding in things natural and civil; have seen but little of the world, and know less of religion, and are easily imposed upon and carried away with the company they keep; such simple foolish creatures are the followers of antichrist; see 2 Timothy 3:6;

I discerned among the youths; or "children" d; at least in understanding, the children Jezebel, Revelation 2:23;

a young man void of understanding; or "wanting a heart" e; to know and fear the Lord, and not in the way to learn and improve; but in company like himself, and so in a fair way to continue foolish and simple, and destitute of the true understanding of things, and exposed to the snares delusions of such that lie in wait to deceive.

d בבנים "inter filios", Pagninus, c. e חסר לב "carentem corde", Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus "destitutum corde", Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Simple - In the bad sense of the word (Proverbs 1:22 note); “open” to all impressions of evil, empty-headed and empty-hearted; lounging near the house of ill-repute, not as yet deliberately purposing to sin, but placing himself in the way of it at a time when the pure in heart would seek their home. There is a certain symbolic meaning in the picture of the gathering gloom Proverbs 7:9. Night is falling over the young man’s life as the shadows deepen.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 7:7. Among the simple ones — The inexperienced, inconsiderate young men.

A young man void of understanding — חסר לב chasar leb, "destitute of a heart." He had not wisdom to discern the evil intended; nor courage to resist the flatteries of the seducer.


 
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