Amsal 3:29

3:29 Do not plot ¹  evil against your neighbor

when ²  he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

Amsal 5:8

5:8 Keep yourself ³  far ⁴  from her,

and do not go near the door of her house,

Amsal 7:12

7:12 at one time outside, at another ⁵  in the wide plazas,

and by every corner she lies in wait.)

[3:29]  ¹ sn The verb חָרַשׁ (kharash) means “to cut in; to engrave; to plough; to devise.” The idea of plotting is metaphorical for working, practicing or fabricating (BDB 360 s.v.).

[3:29]  ² tn The vav (ו) prefixed to the pronoun introduces a disjunctive circumstantial clause: “when….”

[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).

[7:12]  ⁵ tn The repetition of the noun “time, step,” usually translated “now, this time,” signifies here “at one time…at another time” (BDB 822 s.v. פַּעַם 3.e).