She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said,
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,
- BSB She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to 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:
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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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Cross-references · 12
- Num 25:6–8Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Gen 39:12She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
- Ezek 2:4The children are impudent and stiff-hearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh.’
- Isa 50:7For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
- Num 25:1Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
- Ezek 2:6You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
- Prov 21:29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
- Gen 39:7After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
- Ezek 3:7–9But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
- Rev 2:20But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
- Ezek 16:33People give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
- Num 31:16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.
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