It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
Proverbs 7:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
*The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
They urged him, saying, *Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.* He went in to stay with them.
When she and her household were immersed, she begged us, saying, *If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.* So she persuaded us.
For the love of Messiah constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.
She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.