For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,
Parallel translations
- WEB For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
- KJV For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
- BSB For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
- NASB ¶For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
- NLT While I was at the window of my house, looking through the curtain,
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Quick answer
The teacher recounts watching from his window as a scene of folly unfolds. He observes a cautionary example firsthand.
Overview
The father begins a vivid narrative, looking out through his lattice to observe what happens in the street below. This eyewitness framing lends the warning realism and immediacy. It draws the listener into a memorable illustration of how temptation ensnares the careless.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Gen 26:8When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
- Judg 5:28“Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice. ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
- 2 Sam 6:16As Yahweh’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.
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