5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.


In Context

2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.

3 Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

4 Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

6 For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

7 And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

Proverbs 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.