Parallel Verses
NET Bible
to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks 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;
Amplified
To keep you from the immoral woman;
From the seductress with her flattering 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,
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 morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways; 16 to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words; 17 who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:24
by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
Proverbs 23:27
for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
Proverbs 7:5-23
so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
Genesis 39:3-12
His master observed that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he was doing successful.
Nehemiah 13:26-27
Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!
Proverbs 5:3-20
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
Proverbs 29:5
The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.