To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
Parallel translations
- WEB to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
- KJV To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- BSB to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- NASB To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
- NLT It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
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Quick answer
This instruction guards you from the seductive, immoral woman and her flattering words. Wisdom protects against sexual temptation.
Overview
Here the purpose of keeping wisdom becomes explicit: to keep the son from the adulteress and her smooth, enticing speech. The warning fits the wider section on sexual purity and the dangers of flattery. God's word is presented as the true safeguard of the heart against alluring sin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Eccl 7:26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
- Prov 2:16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
- Prov 7:5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- Prov 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
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