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Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 7:15

Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Blindness;   Harlot (Prostitute);   Hypocrisy;   Ignorance;   Lasciviousness;   Temptation;   Women;   Young Men;   The Topic Concordance - Whoredom;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - 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;   Trade and Commerce;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Face;   Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Face;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chastity;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So I came out to meet you,to search for you, and I’ve found you.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, And I have found you.
King James Version
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
English Standard Version
so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
New Century Version
So I have come out to meet you; I have been looking for you and have found you.
New English Translation
That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!
Amplified Bible
"So I came out to meet you [that you might share with me the feast of my offering], Diligently I sought your face and I have found you.
New American Standard Bible
"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.
World English Bible
Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, And I have found you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore I have come out to meet you,To seek your face earnestly, and I have found you.
Berean Standard Bible
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
Contemporary English Version
So I came looking for you, and here you are!
Complete Jewish Bible
This is why I came out to meet you, to look for you; now I've found you.
Darby Translation
therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
and I still have plenty of food left. So I came out to find you, and here you are!
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore I came out to meet you, for I have been waiting to see you, and now I have found you.
Good News Translation
So I came out looking for you. I wanted to find you, and here you are!
Lexham English Bible
So I have come out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.
Literal Translation
so I came out to meet you, earnestly to seek your face, and I have found you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I might seke thy face, and so I haue founde the.
American Standard Version
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Bible in Basic English
So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; and I have found thee.
English Revised Version
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Y yede out in to thi meetyng, and Y desiride to se thee; and Y haue founde thee.
Update Bible Version
Therefore I came forth to meet you, Diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
New King James Version
So I came out to meet you, Diligently to seek your face, And I have found you.
New Living Translation
You're the one I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are!
New Life Bible
So I have come out to meet you, to look for you, and I have found you.
New Revised Standard
so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.
Revised Standard Version
so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

Contextual Overview

6 For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out, 7 And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding, 8 Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step, 9 In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness. 10 And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart, 11 Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not. 12 Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) -- 13 And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him, 14 `Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows. 15 Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 7:10 - come

Cross-References

Genesis 7:19
And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which [are] under the whole heavens;
Genesis 7:20
fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;
Isaiah 11:6
And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling [are] together, And a little youth is leader over them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore came I forth to meet thee,.... Having so much good cheer at home, and none to eat of it with her; and having so fond and affectionate a regard to this young man, as she pretended; he being the only person in her thoughts, whom she hoped to meet with, and whose company she desired, and his only; though, had she met any other, she would have said the same things to them. Aben Ezra, upon Proverbs 7:14, says, she told him lies; probably that might be true; but this was no doubt a lie; and it is no unusual thing for the whore of Rome to speak lies in hypocrisy, 1 Timothy 4:2;

diligently to seek thy face; which of all faces she desired to see, being most lovely to her; with the comeliness of which she was exceedingly taken and ravished, and got up betimes in the morning, as the word n signifies, even before day, to seek for him;

and I have found thee; which she speaks with a rapture and ecstasy of joy; blessing herself on this happy occasion, that she should come out so opportunely, and find him so quickly; intimating, that it was a kind providence, and that the thing was of God: so conversions to the antichristian church, which are the artifice of hell, are ascribed to the divine Being.

n לשחר "ad quaerendum mane", Montanus.


 
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