Proverbs 7:4–5
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4Say unto wisdom, Thou art emy sister;
And call understanding thy fkinswoman:
5gThat they may keep thee from the strange woman,
gFrom the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,
to keep you from the forbidden woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your relative.
She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a wayward woman with her flattering talk.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Love wisdom like a sister;
make insight a beloved member of your family.
Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
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
Say to wisdom, “you are my sister,”
and you shall call insight, “intimate friend.”
In order to guard yourself from an adulteress,
from the foreigner who makes her words smooth.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press