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 Living Translation (NLT)Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

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 nearest kin, That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words. 6For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice, 7And saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man devoid of understanding,

Proverbs 7:5 word by word

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That they may keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• thee from the strangeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• from the strangerנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• flatterethחָלַקchâlaq · to smoothH2505
• with her wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:5

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

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