Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
- KJV Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
- NKJV At times she was outside, at times in the open square, Lurking at every corner.
- NASB She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner.
- NLT She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner.
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Quick answer
She roams the streets and squares, lying in wait at every corner. She actively prowls for victims.
Overview
Ever on the move through public places, she lurks to ambush the unwary. Her hunting posture shows that temptation often seeks us out rather than waiting passively. The imagery underscores the deliberate, predatory nature of sin's enticement.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Prov 23:28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- Prov 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- Rev 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
- Jer 2:36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
- Ezek 16:31But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
- Jer 2:20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
- Ezek 16:24–25you built yourself a mound and made yourself a lofty shrine in every public square.
- Jer 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Jer 2:33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
- Rev 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
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