Parallel Verses
World English Bible
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
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.
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.
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.
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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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 7:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Story Of Seduction
20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon." 21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. 22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
Psalm 12:2
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Judges 16:15-17
She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."
1 Samuel 28:23
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.
2 Kings 4:8
It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Luke 14:23
"The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke 24:29
They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
Acts 16:15
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.