Proverbs
King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 7:5
“That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.”
King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 7:5 Context
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. 6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
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Other Translations
That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
- Basic English Bible
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
- Darby Bible
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Webster's Bible
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- World English Bible
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
- Youngs Literal Bible
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.
- Basic English Bible
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
- Darby Bible
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Webster's Bible
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- World English Bible
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
- Youngs Literal Bible
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Proverbs 7:5
7:3 Bind them - As a ring which is continually in a man's eye.
7:4 And call - Acquaint and delight thyself with her.