Proverbs 2:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
To deliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ
(le·ha·tzi·le·cha)
5337: to strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, delivera prim. root
you from the strangeזָרָ֑ה
(za·rah;)
2114a: to be a strangera prim. root
woman,מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה
(me·'i·shah)
802: woman, wife, femalefrom an unused word
From the adulteressמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה
(min·na·che·ri·yah)
5237: foreign, alienfrom the same as neker
who flattersהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃
(he·che·li·kah.)
2505b: to be smooth, slipperya prim. root
with her words;אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ
(a·ma·rei·ha)
561: speech, wordfrom amar


















KJV Lexicon
To deliver
natsal  (naw-tsal')
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
thee from the strange
zuwr  (zoor)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
woman
'ishshah  (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
even from the stranger
nokriy  (nok-ree')
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful) -- alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).
which flattereth
chalaq  (khaw-lak')
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
with her words
'emer  (ay'-mer)
something said -- answer, appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

King James Bible
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a stranger with her flattering talk,

International Standard Version
delivering you from the adulteress, from the immoral woman with her seductive words,

NET Bible
to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Wisdom will deliver you from an estranged woman who subverts by her words

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Wisdom will] also save you from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk,

King James 2000 Bible
To deliver you from the immoral woman, even from the seductress who flatters with her words;
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