Leviticus 15:20 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁰ And all that she lyeth vpon (as longe as she is put aparte) shalbe vncleane.

⁴ Euery bed where on he lyeth, & what so euer he sytteth vpon, shalbe vncleane. ⁵ And he that toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe him self with water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen. ⁶ And he yt sytteth where he sat, shal wash his clothes, and bathe him self with water, and be vncleane vntyll the eue. ⁷ Who so toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes, & bathe him self with water, and be vncleane vntyll the euen. ⁸ Whan he spytteth vpon him that is cleane, ye same shal wash his clothes, and bathe him self with water, & be vncleane vntyll the euen. ⁹ And the saddell and what so euer he rydeth vpo, shalbe vncleane.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God. ¹⁸ For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, nether take they holde of the waye of life.

³ For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle. ⁴ But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. ⁵ Hir fete go downe vnto death, and hir steppes pearse thorow vnto hell. ⁶ She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. ⁷ Heare me therfore (o my sonne) and departe not fro the wordes of my mouth. ⁸ Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye ye dores of hir house. ⁹ That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell. ¹⁰ That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house. ¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me?

²⁴ that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:

³⁵ no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.

¹⁰ And beholde, there mett him a woma in an harlottes apparell ¹¹ (a disceatfull, waton & an vnstedfast woma: whose fete coude not abyde in ye house, ¹² now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner) ¹³ she caught ye yoge ma, kyssed him & was not ashamed, sayege: ¹⁴ I had a vowe to paye, & this daye I perfourme it. ¹⁵ Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I might seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. ¹⁶ I haue deckte my bed with coueringes & clothes of Egipte. ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes and Cynamom. ¹⁸ Come, let vs lye together, & take oure pleasure till it be daye light. ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. ²⁰ He hath taken the bagg of moneye with him, who can tell whe he cometh home? ²¹ Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him. ²² Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed) ²³ so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo. ²⁴ Heare me now therfore (o my sonne) and marcke the wordes of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, & be not thou disceaued in hir pathes. ²⁶ For many one hath she wouded and cast downe, yee many a stronge ma hath she slayne. ²⁷ Hir house is the waye vnto hell, where men go downe to the chambers of death.

¹³ A foolish restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch one as hath no knowlege, ¹⁴ sytteth in the dores of hir house vpo a stole aboue in the cite, ¹⁵ to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes. ¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt (sayeth she) let him come hither, and to the vnwyse she sayeth: ¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, & the bred that is preuely eaten, hath a good taist. ¹⁸ But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.

²⁷ for yf thou hast nothinge to paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she is a very angle, hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, but the synner will be taken wt her.

³³ Be not ye disceaued. Euell speakinges corruppe good maners.