That they may keepyou from an adulteress,From the foreignerwho flatterswith her words.
To deliveryou from the strangewoman,From the adulteresswho flatterswith her words;
The mouthof an adulteressis a deeppit;He who is cursedof the LORDwill fallinto it.
For whyshould you, my son,be exhilaratedwith an adulteressAnd embracethe bosomof a foreigner?
For the lipsof an adulteressdriphoneyAnd smootherthanoilis her speech;
To keepyou from the evilwoman,From the smoothtongueof the adulteress.
With her manypersuasionsshe enticeshim; With her flatteringlipsshe seduceshim.
Sayto wisdom,"You are my sister,"And callunderstanding[your] intimatefriend;
For at the windowof my houseI lookedout throughmy lattice,
