Proverbs 2:16

In 11 translations

BSB

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive wordsOr wayward wifeOr adulteress

KJV

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

WEB

to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,

ASV

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

LSV

To deliver you from the strange woman, || From the stranger who has made her sayings smooth,

YLT

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

DBY

To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

DRC

That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:

GNV

And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

JPS

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;

LXXE

to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

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Original-language editions

WLC

לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

LXX-Br

τοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας, καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης· υἱὲ, μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλή·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
• Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
• Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• Proverbs 7:5–23that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking…
• Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
• Nehemiah 13:26–27Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin. Must we now…
• Genesis 39:3–12When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did, Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with…
• Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
• Proverbs 5:3–20Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.…

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