But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;
Proverbs 6:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the stranger's tongue. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman. American Standard Version (1901) To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. Common English Bible They guard you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman. Catholic Public Domain Version So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. |
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, With the flattering of her lips she forceth him away.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the stranger which flattereth with her words.
And I find a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.