Proverbs 2:16–19
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16It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, i
from a stranger jwith her flattering talk, k
17who abandons the companion of her youth l
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits. m
19None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life. n
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- j2:16 Or foreign woman
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words,
who forsakes the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;
none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.
Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,
from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
who abandons the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;
for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
She has abandoned her husband
and ignores the covenant she made before God.
Entering her house leads to death;
it is the road to the grave.
The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
in order to deliver you from a strange woman,
from a foreign woman who flatters with her sayings,
she who forsakes the partner of her youth
and has forgotten the covenant of her God,
for her house sinks to death,
and to the dead are her paths.
Of all who go to her, none shall return,
nor do they reach paths of life.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman,
Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,
And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death,
And her paths unto the dead.
None that go unto her return again,
Neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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