Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
- KJV Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- BSB Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- NKJV Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
- NLT Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
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Quick answer
Do not lust after her beauty or be captured by her seductive looks. Guard the heart against inward desire, not just outward act.
Overview
The father warns against coveting the adulteress's beauty and being ensnared by her alluring glances. The battle is located in the heart, where lust takes root before any deed. Jesus later affirms this very principle, teaching that adultery begins with lustful intent within.
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- Matt 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Jas 1:14–15But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.
- 2 Kgs 9:30When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.
- 2 Sam 11:2–5At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
- Isa 3:16Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
- Song 4:9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
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