Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
• New International Version (NIV)They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
• New King James Version (NKJV)That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.

Context of Proverbs 7:5

3Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding your intimate friend; That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. 6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice, 7And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,

Proverbs 7:5 word by word

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃Read the interlinear

• That they may keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• adulteressאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• adulteressזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• From the foreignerנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• flattersחָלַקchâlaq · to smoothH2505
• with her wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:5

• Proverbs 2:16To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
• Proverbs 6:24To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Commentaries on Proverbs 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The strange woman - The prostitute, the adulteress.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Wisdom leaves no room for a woman who uses flattery to appeal to a young man's vanity.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The design of the teaching (compare Pr 2:16; 6:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 7:5

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Flattery
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Strange Woman
• Chamber
• Discern
• Goodman
• Harlot
• Loud
• Adultery
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings