Proverbs 2:16 - The Message Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress— that smooth-talking Seductress Who’s faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God. Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell. No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living. More versionsKing 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: |