Proverbs 5:14

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

I was almost in all evil in the middle of the congregation and assembly.

American King James Version (AKJV)

I was almost in all evil in the middle of the congregation and assembly.

American Standard Version (ASV)

I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.

Webster's Revision

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

World English Bible

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."

English Revised Version (ERV)

I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Clarke's Proverbs 5:14 Bible Commentary

I was almost in all evil - This vice, like a whirlpool, sweeps all others into its vortex.

In the midst of the congregation and assembly - In the mydel of the Curche and of the Synagoge - Old MS. Bible. Such persons, however sacred the place, carry about with them eyes full of adultery, which cannot cease from sin.

Barnes's Proverbs 5:14 Bible Commentary

The conscience-stricken sinner had been "almost" given up to every form of evil in the sight of the whole assembly of fellow-townsmen; "almost," therefore, condemned to the death which that assembly might inflict Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22. The public scandal of the sin is brought in as its last aggravating feature.

Wesley's Proverbs 5:14 Bible Commentary

5:14 A moment - In how little a time am I now come into remediless misery! Assembly - And that in the congregation of Israel, where I was taught better things.