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Proverbs 6:24

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָlishmarekhato bewardשָׁמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to beward”, the to-form of the verbH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).מֵאֵ֣שֶׁתmeeshetfrom eachאִשָּׁהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.רָ֑עrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗תmechelqatfrom fieldחֶלְקָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “from field”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2513properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotmentfield, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).לָשׁ֥וֹןlashontongueלָשׁוֹןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “tongue”, the ordinary formH3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.נָכְרִיָּֽהnakheriyahstrangeנׇכְרִיadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “strange”, the ordinary formH5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.

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American Standard Version (1901)

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.

Young’s Literal Translation

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

World English Bible

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

Darby Translation

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Douay-Rheims

That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τοῦ διαφυλάσσειν σε ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου, καὶ ἀπὸ διαβολῆς γλώσσης ἀλλοτρίας.