Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
They will deliver you from the strange woman, the stranger who flatters with her 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 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,
NET Bible
to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering 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 ways are crooked, and are devious in their paths. 16 They will deliver you from the strange woman, the stranger who flatters with her words, 17 who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 23:27
For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 7:5-23
so that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
Genesis 39:3-12
And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all he did to prosper in his hand.
Nehemiah 13:26-27
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But women from other lands caused even him to sin.
Proverbs 5:3-20
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands like bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.