Proverbs 7:21 - The Message Soon she has him eating out of her hand, bewitched by her honeyed speech. Before you know it, he’s trotting behind her, like a calf led to the butcher shop, Like a stag lured into ambush and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, With the flattering of her lips she forced him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition With much justifying and enticing argument she persuades him, with the allurements of her lips she leads him [to overcome his conscience and his fears] and forces him along. American Standard Version (1901) With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. Common English Bible She seduces him with all her talk. She entices him with her flattery. Catholic Public Domain Version She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips. |