Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
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,
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;
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 crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, 17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:24
To preserve thee from an 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 strait pit.
Proverbs 7:5-23
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
Genesis 39:3-12
and his lord seeth that Jehovah is with him, and all that he is doing Jehovah is causing to prosper in his hand,
Nehemiah 13:26-27
By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin.
Proverbs 5:3-20
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,
Proverbs 22:14
A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
Proverbs 29:5
A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is nets and snares, her hands are bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.