Proverbs 7:21
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- 43 Heb “she turned him aside.” This expression means that she persuaded him. This section now begins the description of the capitulation, for the flattering speech is finished.
- 44 The term לֶקַח (leqakh) was used earlier in Proverbs for wise instruction; now it is used ironically for enticement to sin (see D. W. Thomas, “Textual and Philological Notes on Some Passages in the Book of Proverbs,” 3 [1955]: 280–92).
- 45 Heb “smooth of her lips”; cf. “smooth lips”; “flattering lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause representing what she says.
- 46 The verb means “to impel; to thrust; to banish,” but in this stem in this context “to compel; to force” into some action. The imperfect tense has the nuance of progressive imperfect to parallel the characteristic perfect of the first colon.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with her smooth talk she compels him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.
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NLTNew Living Translation
So she seduced him with her pretty speech
and enticed him with her flattery.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings;
with her smooth lips she compels him.
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KJV 1900King James Version
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
With the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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