The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
Proverbs 2:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words, [Prov. 2:11.] American Standard Version (1901) To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; Common English Bible Wisdom will rescue you from the mysterious woman, from the foreign woman with her slick words. Catholic Public Domain Version So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words: |
The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a wayward woman is a narrow well;
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and at last, on the seventh day, he explained it to her, because she had nagged him so much. Then she explained it to her people.