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


In Context

18 Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.

19 For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.

20 He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.

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

22 Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

23 Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

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.