14 So she took off her widow’s clothes, veiled her face,(A) covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim,[a] which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

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  1. Genesis 38:14 Or sat by the mouth of the springs

14 she took off her widow’s clothes,(A) covered herself with a veil(B) to disguise herself, and then sat down(C) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.(D) For she saw that, though Shelah(E) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

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10 A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,(A)
having a hidden agenda.[a]
11 She is loud and defiant;(B)
her feet do not stay at home.(C)
12 Now in the street, now in the squares,(D)
she lurks at every corner.(E)

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  1. Proverbs 7:10 Or prostitute with a guarded heart

10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
    dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is unruly(A) and defiant,
    her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
    at every corner she lurks.)(B)

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25 You built your elevated place at the head of every street(A) and turned your beauty into a detestable thing. You spread your legs to everyone who passed by and increased your prostitution.

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25 At every street corner(A) you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.(B)

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