Proverbs 7:5
New International Version
They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

New Living Translation
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

English Standard Version
to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.

Berean Standard Bible
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

King James Bible
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

New King James Version
That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.

New American Standard Bible
So that they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

NASB 1995
That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

NASB 1977
That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Legacy Standard Bible
In order to keep you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words.

Amplified Bible
That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.

Christian Standard Bible
She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a wayward woman with her flattering talk.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a stranger with her flattering talk.

American Standard Version
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

Contemporary English Version
They will protect you from the flattering words of someone else's wife.

English Revised Version
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk.

Good News Translation
They will keep you away from other men's wives, from women with seductive words.

International Standard Version
so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.

Majority Standard Bible
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

NET Bible
so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

New Heart English Bible
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Webster's Bible Translation
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

World English Bible
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To preserve you from a strange woman, "" From a stranger who has made her sayings smooth.

Young's Literal Translation
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

Smith's Literal Translation
To watch thyself from the strange woman, from the stranger making smooth her sayings.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

Catholic Public Domain Version
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.

New American Bible
That they may keep you from a stranger, from the foreign woman with her smooth words.

New Revised Standard Version
that they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger that flatters with her words.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
For it will keep you from the estranged woman whose words are seductive.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman, 5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. 6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.…

Cross References
Proverbs 2:16-19
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ...

Proverbs 5:3-6
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, / in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. / Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. ...

Proverbs 6:24-29
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. ...

Proverbs 9:13-18
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. ...

Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Proverbs 23:27-28
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. / Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Judges 16:4-21
Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. / The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” / So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.” ...

Genesis 39:7-12
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” ...

1 Kings 11:1-4
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ...

Matthew 5:27-28
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Mark 7:21-23
For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. / Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

1 Corinthians 10:8
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.


Treasury of Scripture

That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.

Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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Proverbs 7
1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6. In an example of his own experience he shows
10. the cunning of a harlot
22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24. He detests such wickedness














That they may keep you
This phrase emphasizes the protective nature of wisdom and understanding. In the Hebrew context, the word "keep" (שָׁמַר, shamar) implies guarding, preserving, or watching over. It suggests a vigilant, active role in safeguarding one's life and soul. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, the concept of protection was paramount, as physical and spiritual threats were prevalent. Wisdom and understanding are portrayed as guardians, akin to a watchman on a city wall, alert to any danger that might approach.

from the adulteress
The term "adulteress" (נָכְרִיָּה, nokriyah) refers to a foreign or strange woman, often symbolizing temptation and moral corruption. In the historical context of Israel, foreign women were sometimes associated with idolatry and practices that led the Israelites away from their covenant with God. The adulteress here is not just a literal figure but represents any form of seduction that leads one away from righteousness and fidelity to God. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative that warns against spiritual adultery, where the people of God are led astray by false teachings and practices.

from the wayward wife with her seductive words
The "wayward wife" (זָרָה, zarah) is another depiction of unfaithfulness, highlighting the danger of straying from one's commitments. The Hebrew root suggests estrangement or alienation, indicating a departure from the path of righteousness. Her "seductive words" (חֶלְקָה, chelqah) are smooth, flattering, and deceitful, designed to entice and lead astray. In the scriptural context, words hold significant power, capable of building up or tearing down. The seductive words of the wayward wife are a metaphor for any enticing doctrine or philosophy that contradicts God's truth. This serves as a reminder of the importance of discernment and the need to anchor oneself in the wisdom and understanding that come from God, as they provide the necessary defense against such spiritual and moral dangers.

Verse 5. - That they may keep thee from the strange woman (see on Proverbs 2:16 and Proverbs 6:24). When the heart is filled with the love of what is good, it is armed against the seductions of evil pleasure or whatever may entice the soul from God and duty. Septuagint, "That she (Wisdom) may keep thee from the strange and evil woman, if she should assail thee with gracious words."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
that they may keep you
לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ (liš·mā·rə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

from the adulteress,
זָרָ֑ה (zā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

from the stranger
מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה (min·nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Preposition-m | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien

with seductive
הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ (he·ḥĕ·lî·qāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2505: To be smooth, to apportion, separate

words.
אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ (’ă·mā·re·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 561: Something said


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