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Proverbs 6:24
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KJ21
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
ASV
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
AMP
To keep you from the evil woman, From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.
AMPC
To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman.
BRG
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
CSB
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.
CSBA
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.
CEB
They guard you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman.
CJB
They keep you from an evil woman, from a loose woman’s seductive tongue.
CEV
They will protect you from the flattering words of someone else's wife.
DARBY
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
DRA
That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
ERV
It stops you from going to an evil woman, and it protects you from the smooth talk of another man’s wife.
EASY
They will keep you safe from any bad woman, so that the sweet words of an adulteress will not deceive you.
EHV
They guard you from an evil woman, from the smooth tongue of a woman who is not your wife.
ESV
to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
ESVUK
to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
EXB
They will ·keep [guard] you from ·sinful women [the evil woman] and from the ·pleasing words [L flattering tongue] of ·another man’s unfaithful wife [L the foreign woman].
GNV
To keep thee from the wicked woman, and from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
GW
to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
GNT
It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives.
HCSB
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger.
ICB
Such teaching will keep you from sinful women and from the pleasing words of another man’s unfaithful wife.
ISV
to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman.
JUB
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
KJV
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
AKJV
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
LSB
To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
LEB
in order to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of the tongue of an adulteress.
TLB
Their counsel will keep you far away from prostitutes, with all their flatteries, and unfaithful wives of other men.
MSG
They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.
MEV
to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a seductress.
NOG
to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
NABRE
Keeping you from another’s wife, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
NASB
To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
NASB1995
To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
NCB
to preserve you from an immoral woman, from the seductive tongue of an adulteress.
NCV
They will keep you from sinful women and from the pleasing words of another man’s unfaithful wife.
NET
by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
NIRV
It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.
NIV
keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
NIVUK
keeping you from your neighbour’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
NKJV
To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
NLV
They keep you from the sinful woman, from the smooth tongue of a sinful woman.
NLT
It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
NRSVA
to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
NRSVACE
to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
NRSVCE
to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
NRSVUE
to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
OJB
To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah, from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman).
RGT
to keep you from the wicked woman and from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
RSV
to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
RSVCE
to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
TLV
keeping you from the immoral woman, from a wayward wife’s smooth tongue.
VOICE
They will keep you far from the corrupted woman, away from the smooth talk of a seductive woman.
WEB
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
WYC
(so) that they keep thee from an evil woman, and from a flattering tongue of a strange woman.
YLT
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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