Proverbs 5:14

I almost ¹  came to complete ruin ²  in the midst of the whole congregation!” ³ 

Nu 25:1-6; Pr 13:20; Ho 4:11-14; 1Co 10:6-8; 2Pe 2:10-18; Jude 1:7-13

¹ tn The expression כִּמְעַט (kim’at) is “like a little.” It means “almost,” and is used of unrealized action (BDB 590 s.v. 2). Cf. NCV “I came close to”; NLT “I have come to the brink of.”

² tn Heb “I was in all evil” (cf. KJV, ASV).

³ tn The text uses the two words “congregation and assembly” to form a hendiadys, meaning the entire assembly.