Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

New American Standard Bible

With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.

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 seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.

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.

World English Bible

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לקח 
Leqach 
Usage: 9

with the flattering
חלק 
Cheleq 
Usage: 67

of her lips
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

נדח 
Nadach 
Usage: 53

References

Fausets

Context Readings

A Story Of Seduction

20 A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.' 21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him. 22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,



Cross References

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,

Psalm 12:2

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

Judges 16:15-17

And she saith unto him, 'How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power is.'

1 Samuel 28:23

And he refuseth, and saith, 'I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

2 Kings 4:8

And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there is a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread,

Proverbs 6:24

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:5

To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

Luke 14:23

'And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

Luke 24:29

and they constrained him, saying, 'Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them.

Acts 16:15

and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

2 Corinthians 5:14

for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died,

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