27   For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
zanah²¹⁸¹ `amoq⁶⁰¹³ shuwchah⁷⁷⁴⁵ nokriy⁵²³⁷ tsar⁶⁸⁶² 'er⁸⁷⁵

28   She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
'arab⁶⁹³ chetheph²⁸⁶³ yacaph³²⁵⁴ bagad⁸⁹⁸ 'adam¹²⁰

29   Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
'owy¹⁸⁸ 'abowy¹⁷ midyan⁴⁰⁷⁹ siyach⁷⁸⁷⁹ petsa`<sup>6482</sup> chinnam<sup>2600</sup> chakliluwth<sup>2448</sup> `ayin⁵⁸⁶⁹

30   They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
'achar³⁰⁹ yayin³¹⁹⁶ bow'⁹³⁵ chaqar²⁷¹³ mamcak⁴⁴⁶⁹

31   Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
ra'ah⁷²⁰⁰ yayin³¹⁹⁶ 'adam¹¹⁹ nathan⁵⁴¹⁴ `ayin⁵⁸⁶⁹ kowc³⁵⁶³ halak¹⁹⁸⁰ meyshar⁴³³⁹

32   At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
'achariyth³¹⁹ nashak⁵³⁹¹ nachash⁵¹⁷⁵ parash⁶⁵⁶⁷ tsepha`⁶⁸⁴⁸

33   Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
`ayin⁵⁸⁶⁹ ra'ah⁷²⁰⁰ zuwr²¹¹⁴ leb³⁸²⁰ dabar¹⁶⁹⁶ tahpukah⁸⁴¹⁹

34   Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
shakab⁷⁹⁰¹ leb³⁸²⁰ yam³²²⁰ shakab⁷⁹⁰¹ ro'sh⁷²¹⁸ chibbel²²⁶⁰

35   They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
nakah⁵²²¹ chalah²⁴⁷⁰ halam¹⁹⁸⁶ yada`³⁰⁴⁵ quwts⁶⁹⁷⁴ baqash¹²⁴⁵ yacaph³²⁵⁴