Proverbs 7:21

In 11 translations

BSB

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

KJV

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

WEB

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

ASV

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

LSV

She turns him aside with the abundance of her speech, || She forces him with the flattery of her lips.

YLT

She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

DBY

With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

DRC

She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.

GNV

Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

JPS

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.

LXXE

So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips she forced him from the right path.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀπεπλάνησε δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ, βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
• 2 Kings 4:8One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
• Luke 24:29But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
• Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• Judges 16:15–17“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!” Finally, after she had pressed him…
• Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
• 1 Samuel 28:23Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
• Acts 16:15And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
• Luke 14:23So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

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