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20 And why wilt thou, beni (my son), be intoxicated with a zarah (strange woman), and embrace the kheyk (bosom) of a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] woman)?

21 For the drakhim ish are before the eyes of Hashem, and He pondereth all his ma’agalot (paths).

22 His own avonot shall entrap the rashah himself, and he shall be held fast by the cords of his chattat.

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20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(A) of the Lord,
    and he examines(B) all your paths.(C)
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(D)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(E)

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