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10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
11 If they say,
    “Come with us!
    We shall lie in wait for blood;
    we shall ambush the innocent without cause.[a]
12 Like Sheol,[b] we will swallow them alive
    and whole, like those who descend to the pit.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:11 Or “wantonly,” or “for nothing”
  2. Proverbs 1:12 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
  3. Proverbs 1:12 Literally “like the descenders of a pit”

10 My son, if sinful men entice(A) you,
    do not give in(B) to them.(C)
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(D) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow(E) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(F)

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