Proverbs 6:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

To-lišmārḵā from-ʾēšet rāʿ from-meḥelqat lāšôn nāḵriyyāh

Grammar Details

*lišmārḵā*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to keep you
*ʾēšet*: noun, feminine singular construct - wife of/woman of
*rāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - evil/wickedness
*meḥelqat*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from smoothness of
*lāšôn*: noun, feminine singular construct - tongue of
*nāḵriyyāh*: adjective, feminine singular - foreign/strange

Word Meanings

*lišmārḵā*: to keep you/to guard you/to protect you
*ʾēšet*: wife of/woman of
*rāʿ*: evil/wickedness/bad
*meḥelqat*: smoothness/flattery
*nāḵriyyāh*: foreign/strange/alien

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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