She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Parallel translations
- WEB So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
- KJV So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
- NKJV So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him:
- NASB So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him:
- NLT She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said,
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Quick answer
She boldly seizes and kisses the young man, speaking with shameless confidence. Temptation can be forward and unabashed.
Overview
The seductress grabs and kisses him, then speaks with a brazen, impudent face. Her aggressive boldness overwhelms the naive youth's weak defenses. The scene illustrates how sin presses in with confidence on those unprepared to resist.
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- Num 25:6–8Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Gen 39:12She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
- Ezek 2:4They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
- Isa 50:7Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
- Num 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Ezek 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
- Prov 21:29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
- Gen 39:7and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
- Ezek 3:7–9But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
- Rev 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
- Ezek 16:33Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
- Num 31:16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
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