Proverbs 7:9
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
†In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. in the euening of the day.
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- Job 24:13–15Rank 1 from verse 9
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
13They are of those that rebell against the light, they know not the wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light, killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and †disguiseth his face.
- Romans 13:12–14Rank 2 from verse 9
12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
12The night is farre spent, the day is at hand: let vs therefore cast off the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light.
13Let vs walke ‖honestly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkennesse, not in chambring and wantonnes, not in strife and enuying.
14But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ, and make not prouision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
- Ephesians 5:11Rank 3 from verse 9
- Genesis 39:11Rank 4 from verse 9
- Exodus 12:6Rank 5 from verse 9
6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
6And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the fourteenth day of the same moneth: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it †in the euening.
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Proverbs 7:9
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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The faint light before sunrise or after sunset.
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Sense 1: Of the darkest colour. Sense 2: Dark or blackened in appearance. Sense 3: Figuratively, darkened by mourning, famine, or judgment.
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Sense 1: Without light or having little light. Sense 2: Obscure, hidden, or not understood. Sense 3: Darkness or a place or time without light.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
8Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house,
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
9†In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:
Selected passage10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
10And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart.