Proverbs 6:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:16 : 16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,
• Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
• Prov 7:5 : 5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
• Eccl 7:26 : 26 I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.