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Proverbs 7:21
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KJ21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
ASV
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
AMP
With her many persuasions she caused him to yield; With her flattering lips she seduced him.
AMPC
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.
BRG
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
CSB
She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk.
CSBA
She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk.
CEB
She seduces him with all her talk. She entices him with her flattery.
CJB
With all her sweet talk she convinces him, enticing him with her seductive words.
CEV
And so, she tricked him with all of her sweet talk and her flattery.
DARBY
With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
DRA
She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
ERV
This is what the woman said to tempt the young man, and her smooth words tricked him.
EASY
With those sweet words she deceived the young man. She made him want to be with her.
EHV
She deceives him with enticing words. With smooth lips she seduces him.
ESV
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
ESVUK
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
EXB
By her clever words she ·made him give in [seduces him]; by ·her pleasing words [L the flattery of her lips] she ·led him into doing wrong [persuades/compels him].
GNV
Thus with her great craft she caused him to yield, and with her flattering lips she enticed him.
GW
With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in.
GNT
So she tempted him with her charms, and he gave in to her smooth talk.
HCSB
She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk.
ICB
By her clever words she made him give in. By her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
ISV
She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.
JUB
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she persuaded him.
KJV
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
AKJV
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
LSB
With her abundant persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she drives him to herself.
LEB
She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him.
TLB
So she seduced him with her pretty speech, her coaxing and her wheedling, until he yielded to her. He couldn’t resist her flattery.
MSG
Soon she has him eating out of her hand, bewitched by her honeyed speech. Before you know it, he’s trotting behind her, like a calf led to the butcher shop, Like a stag lured into ambush and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over.
MEV
With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
NOG
With all her seductive charms, she persuades him. With her smooth lips, she makes him give in.
NABRE
She wins him over by repeated urging, with her smooth lips she leads him astray.
NASB
With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
NASB1995
With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
NCB
With her persistent urging she persuaded him, luring him astray with her seductive words.
NCV
By her clever words she made him give in; by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
NET
She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
NIRV
She led him astray with her clever words. She charmed him with her smooth talk.
NIV
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
NIVUK
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
NKJV
With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, With her flattering lips she seduced him.
NLV
She leads him away with her tempting talk. She tempts him with the smooth words of her lips.
NLT
So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
NRSVA
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
NRSVACE
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
NRSVCE
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
NRSVUE
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
OJB
By her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the smoothness of her sfatayim she seduced him.
RGT
Thus with her great craftiness she caused him to yield. And with her flattering lips she enticed him.
RSV
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
RSVCE
With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
TLV
With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.
VOICE
It worked! She enticed him with seductive words, seduced him with her smooth talk.
WEB
With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
WYC
She bound him with many words; and she drew forth him with flatterings of lips. (And so she bound him with many words; and she drew him forth with the flattery from her lips.)
YLT
She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
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