5:7 So now, children, 1 listen to me;
do not turn aside from the words I speak. 2
5:8 Keep yourself 3 far 4 from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,
[5:7] 1 tn Heb “sons.”
[5:7] 2 tn Heb “the words of my mouth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).
[5:8] 3 tn Heb “your way.”
[5:8] 4 sn There is a contrast made between “keep far away” (הַרְחֵק, harkheq) and “do not draw near” (וְאַל־תִּקְרַב, vÿ’al-tiqrav).
