Proverbs 7:21
“With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”
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Proverbs 7:21 Context
19For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long iourney. 20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. 21With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks, 23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- King James Version
With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
- American Standard Version (1901)
With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.
- Basic English Bible
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
- Darby Bible
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.
- Webster's Bible
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
- World English Bible
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible