Proverbs 7:6

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The wise narrator describes standing inside his home and peering outward. He introduces this visual frame before recounting the encounter with the simple youth in verse 7.

The words — The Hebrew verb נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי (nishqaphtî) literally means "I looked down" or "I peered," paired with אֶשְׁנַב (eshnan), meaning "my lattice." These terms specify the physical act of viewing through a grated opening.

The thread — This image of peering through a window lattice appears in Genesis 26:8, Judges 5:28, and 2 Samuel 6:16. Each passage uses the same physical vantage point to frame a moment of observation or revelation.

Why it lands — The verse establishes the narrator’s position as a witness before detailing the youth’s vulnerability. It demands the reader recognize how proximity and unguarded sightlines precede moral compromise.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֭יkifor בְּחַלּ֣וֹןbe./cha.Lonat/ [the] window of בֵּיתִ֑יbei.T/ihouse/ my בְּעַ֖דbe.'Adthrough אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י'esh.na.B/ilattice/ my נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃nish.Ka.fe.tiI looked down

King James Version

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Cross-references

Genesis 26:8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Judges 5:28 Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
2 Samuel 6:16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.