To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.
To deliver you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words,
To guard you against an evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a strange woman.
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
For why should you, my son, Be captivated by a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding a close friend,
For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,
The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; The one denounced by יהוה falls in there.
With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.