Proverbs 2:16

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

a. NLT: Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.

b. NIV: Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

c. YLT: To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

d. Amplified Bible Classic:  [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words,

e. Septuagint: To remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. [My] son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings:  To save you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman, whose words are glib.

1. “To deliver thee from the strange woman…”

a. T deliver [thee] [Strong: 5337 natsal naw-tsal' a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense:- X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).]

b. [from] the strange [Strong: 2114 zuwr zoor a primitive root; to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery:--(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).]

c. woman [Strong: 802 'ishshah ish-shaw' feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.]

2. “…even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;”

a. [even from the] stranger [Strong: 5237 nokriy nok-ree' from 5235 (second form); strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful):--alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).]

b. which flattereth [Strong: 2505 chalaq khaw-lak' a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate:--deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).]

c. with her words [Strong: 561 'emer ay'-mer from 559; something said:--answer, X appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.]

1). This woman is similar to the man in that they were both former believers.

a). Proverbs 2:16-19  To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.