Proverbs 7:21
What does Proverbs 7:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
KJV
King James Version · 1611With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 12:2
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
- Luke 24:29
And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
- Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- 2 Kings 4:8
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
- Judges 16:15
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
- Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
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