Bible in Basic English
"I saw among the young men one without sense,"
— Proverbs 7:7, Bible in Basic English
“And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, ”
“I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,”
“and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.”
“And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,”
“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,”
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,
I saw among the young men one without sense,
Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,
At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.
And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;