New English Translation
Proverbs 7:21
21She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him.
Proverbs 7:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- New International Version (NIV)With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, With her flattering lips she seduced him.
Context of Proverbs 7:21
19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. 20He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.” She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him. 22Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 23till an arrow pierces his liver – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:21 word by word
הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:21
- Proverbs 7:5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
- Judges 16:15She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”
- Psalms 12:2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
- 1 Samuel 28:23But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.
- 2 Kings 4:8One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.
- Luke 14:23So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
- Luke 24:29but they urged him, “Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done.” So he went in to stay with them.
- Acts 16:15After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she persuaded us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21With her much fair speech - With her blandishments and lascivious talk, she overcame all his scruples, and constrained him to yield.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Fair speech - The Hebrew word is usually translated “doctrine,” or “learning” Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 9:9; possibly it is used here in keen irony.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23The young man's unwise actions could endanger his life (see Proverbs 5:11; 6:32–35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. caused ... yield--or, "inclines." flattering--(Compare Pr 5:3). forced him--by persuasion overcoming his scruples.Read the comment
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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
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