en_tn_lite_do_not_use/pro/09/16.md

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those who are untaught

AT: "those who lack experience" or "those who have not learned"

she says

This is the foolish woman who was introduced in Proverbs 9:13.

those who have no sense

AT: "those who do not have wisdom" or "those who are not wise"

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread bread eaten in secret is pleasant

The foolish woman speaks of the pleasure of stolen bread and water to tell men that sex with her is pleasurable. This can be stated clearly in a simile: "You can enjoy me just like you enjoy bread or water that you have stolen." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

that the dead are there

"that the men who have gone to her are now dead"

in the depths of sheol

This here refers to the grave (UDB). (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)