Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.
Proverbs 7:21 - Catholic Public Domain Version She enmeshed him with many words, and she drew him forward with the flattery of her lips. 更多版本King 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips. English Standard Version 2016 With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. |
Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.
Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.
So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
Immediately, he follows her, like an ox being led to the sacrifice, and like a lamb acting lasciviously, and not knowing that he is being drawn foolishly into chains,
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
And the lord said to the servant: 'Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
But they were insistent with him, saying, "Remain with us, because it is toward evening and now daylight is declining." And so he entered with them.
And when she had been baptized, with her household, she pleaded with us, saying: "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, enter into my house and lodge there." And she convinced us.
For the charity of Christ urges us on, in consideration of this: that if one died for all, then all have died.
Therefore, she wept before him during the seven days of the feast. And at length, on the seventh day, since she had been troubling him, he explained it. And immediately she revealed it to her countrymen.
But he refused, and he said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman urged him, and after some time, heeding their voice, he rose up from the ground, and he sat upon the bed.