21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.


In Context

18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.

19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;

20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.

21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;

23 till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.

Proverbs 7:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:21With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:21She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forceth him away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.