Proverbs 7:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
That they may keepלִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ
(lish·ma·re·cha)
8104: to keep, watch, preservea prim. root
you from an adulteress,מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה
(me·'i·shah)
802: woman, wife, femalefrom an unused word
From the foreignerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה
(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
That they may keep
shamar  (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
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
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
That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

King James Bible
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a stranger with her flattering talk.

International Standard Version
so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.

NET Bible
so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it will keep you from the estranged woman whose words are seductive.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk.

King James 2000 Bible
That they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words.
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