Proverbs 7:5
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- KJV
- That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- WEB
- that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- ASV
- That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
- DARBY
- that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
- BLB
- to guard you from the strange woman, from a foreign woman [who] has made smooth her words.
- ÅB
- for at den må bevare deg fra annen manns hustru, fra fremmede kvinner, som taler glatte ord.
- OTB
- så de kan beskytte deg mot den utro kvinnen, fra den fremmede kvinnen som smigrer med sine ord.
- B1930
- forat den må bevare dig fra annen manns hustru, fra fremmede kvinner, som taler glatte ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Read in contextProverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Read in contextProverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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