Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.
New American Standard Bible
Nor let her capture you with her
King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Holman Bible
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
International Standard Version
Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes,
American Standard Version
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Amplified
Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.
Bible in Basic English
Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
Darby Translation
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not desire her beauty in thy heart, and she shall not take thee with her eyelashes.
King James 2000
Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her allure you with her eyelids.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes.
Modern King James verseion
Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; nor let her take you with her eyelids.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.
NET Bible
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
New Heart English Bible
Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
Webster
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
World English Bible
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
Youngs Literal Translation
Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Commandment And Instruction As Guardians
24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue. 25 Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
Cross References
2 Kings 9:30
And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
Matthew 5:28
But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
2 Samuel 11:2-5
And it came to pass at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Isaiah 3:16
Moreover LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet,
James 1:14-15
But each man is tempted by his own lust, being drawn away and enticed.