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Proverbs 2:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 2:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,(A)
from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,(B)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth(C)
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.(D)
Proverbs 2:16-18
New International Version
Proverbs 2:16-18
New International Version
Proverbs 2:16-18
King James Version
Proverbs 2:16-18
King James Version
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
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Proverbs 2:16-18
New King James Version
Proverbs 2:16-18
New King James Version
16 To deliver you from (A)the immoral woman,
(B)From the seductress who flatters with her words,
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For (C)her house [a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:18 sinks
Proverbs 2:16-18
English Standard Version
Proverbs 2:16-18
English Standard Version
16 So (A)you will be delivered from the forbidden[a] woman,
from (B)the adulteress[b] with (C)her smooth words,
17 who forsakes (D)the companion of her youth
and forgets (E)the covenant of her God;
18 (F)for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew strange
- Proverbs 2:16 Hebrew foreign woman
- Proverbs 2:18 Hebrew to the Rephaim
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