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Proverbs 2:16

What does Proverbs 2:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 2:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

Context

v.15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

v.16This passage

v.17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 23:27

    For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Proverbs 7:5

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

  • Proverbs 5:3

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

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Genesis 39:3

    And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

  • Proverbs 29:5

    A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

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