Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
With much of her talking she caused him to turn aside; with the smoothness of her lips she will thrust him away.
New American Standard Bible
With her
King James Version
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Holman Bible
she lures with her flattering
International Standard Version
She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.
A Conservative Version
With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
American Standard Version
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
Amplified
With her many persuasions she caused him to yield;
With her flattering lips she seduced him.
Bible in Basic English
With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.
Darby Translation
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
King James 2000
With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him.
Modern King James verseion
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus with many sweet words she overcame him, and with her flattering lips she enticed him
NET Bible
She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.
New Heart English Bible
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
The Emphasized Bible
She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, - with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:
Webster
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
World English Bible
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Youngs Literal Translation
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
Themes
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 7:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Story Of Seduction
20 He took a bundle of silver in his hand; he will come to his house the day of the full moon. 21 With much of her talking she caused him to turn aside; with the smoothness of her lips she will thrust him away. 22 He went after her suddenly as the ox will go to the slaughter, and as the fetter for the correction of the foolish.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of the strange woman will drop droppings of the honeycomb, and her palate is smooth above oil:
Psalm 12:2
They will speak vanity each with his neighbor: smooth lips, with a heart and a heart will they speak
Judges 16:15-17
And she will say to him, Wilt thou say, I loved thee, and thy heart not with me? This three times thou didst deceive me, and didst not announce to me in what is thy great strength.
1 Samuel 28:23
And he will refuse, and say, I will not eat And his servants will press upon him, and also the woman, and he will hear to their voice. And he will rise up from the earth and sit upon the bed.
2 Kings 4:8
And it will be the day, and Elisha will pass through to Shunem, and a great woman there; and she will lay hold on him to eat bread. And it will be as often as he passed by, he will turn aside there to eat bread.
Proverbs 6:24
To watch thee from the woman of evil, from the smoothness of the strange tongue.
Proverbs 7:5
To watch thyself from the strange woman, from the stranger making smooth her sayings.
Luke 14:23
And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and hedges, and compel to come in, that my house may be filled up.
Luke 24:29
And they constrained him, saying, Remain with us: for it is near eve, and the day has declined. And he went in to remain with them.
Acts 16:15
And when she was immersed, and her house, she besought, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having come into my house, remain. And she forced us.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ holds us together; having judged this, that if one died for all, then all dead: