Parallel Verses
Amplified
To keep you from the immoral woman;
From the seductress with her flattering words,
New American Standard Bible
From the
King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Holman Bible
from a stranger
International Standard Version
delivering you from the adulteress, from the immoral woman with her seductive words,
A Conservative Version
to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
American Standard Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
Bible in Basic English
To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Darby Translation
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
Julia Smith Translation
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger making smooth her sayings;
King James 2000
To deliver you from the immoral woman, even from the seductress who flatters with her words;
Lexham Expanded Bible
[in order] to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman [who] flatters [with] her sayings,
Modern King James verseion
They will deliver you from the strange woman, the stranger who flatters with her words,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,
NET Bible
to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;
New Heart English Bible
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
The Emphasized Bible
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
Webster
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
World English Bible
To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
Youngs Literal Translation
To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Themes
Alliance and society with the enemies of God » Means of preservation from
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Understanding » What understanding does
Wisdom » The lord giving wisdom
Interlinear
Zuwr
Nokriy
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 2:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Benefits Of Wisdom
15
Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
To keep you from the immoral woman;
From the seductress with her flattering words,
Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:24
To keep you from the evil woman,
From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.
Proverbs 23:27
For a prostitute is a deep pit,
And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
Proverbs 7:5-23
That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.
Genesis 39:3-12
Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper (succeed) in his hand.
Nehemiah 13:26-27
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin [greatly against God] regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin [by turning to other gods and so, judged by God, he lost his kingdom].
Proverbs 5:3-20
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit [deep and inescapable];
He who is cursed by the Lord [because of his adulterous sin] will fall into it.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].