With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
WEB
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
YLT
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
DBT
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.