That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
WEB
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
YLT
To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
DBT
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
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.