Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 7:26

וּמוֹצֶ֣א אֲנִ֗י מַר מִמָּ֙וֶת֙ אֶת הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה אֲשֶׁר הִ֣יא מְצוֹדִ֔ים וַחֲרָמִ֖ים לִבָּ֑הּ אֲסוּרִ֣ים יָדֶ֔יהָ ט֤וֹב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים֙ יִמָּלֵ֣ט מִמֶּ֔נָּה וְחוֹטֵ֖א יִלָּ֥כֶד בָּֽהּ׃
vmvoṣeʾ ʾaniy mar mimavet ʾet haʾishah ʾasher hiyʾ mṣvodiym vaḥaramiym libah ʾasvriym yadeyha ṭvob lipney haʾelohiym yimaleṭ mimenah vḥvoṭeʾ yilaked bah
King James Version (KJV)

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Modern English

And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Read Ecclesiastes 7 in Ketuvim Reader →
← Ecclesiastes 7:25 Ecclesiastes 7 Ecclesiastes 7:27 →