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


In Context

18 Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!

19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."

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

22 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose

23 till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his 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 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 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.