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Proverbs 7:21

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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הִ֭טַּתּוּhitatvspreadנָטָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “spread”, a completed actionH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…בְּרֹ֣בberovin abundanceרֹבpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in abundance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7230abundance (in any respect)abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).לִקְחָ֑הּliqchahdoctrineלֶקַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “doctrine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3948properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglementdoctrine, learning, fair speech.בְּחֵ֥לֶקbecheleqin flatteryחֵלֶקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in flattery”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotmentflattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָsefateyhalanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּtadichenvbanishנָדַחverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “banish”, an unfinished actionH5080to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.

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American Standard Version (1901)

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

Young’s Literal Translation

She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

World English Bible

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

Darby Translation

With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.

Douay-Rheims

She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, with the blandishment of her lips she enticeth him away.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips she forced him from the right path .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπεπλάνησε δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ, βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν.