Verse 21

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Med mange ord forførte hun ham; hun forførte ham med sine lokkende lepper.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Med mye smiger fikk hun ham til å falle, med sine glatte lepper forførte hun ham.

• Norsk King James

  Med sine smigrende ord fikk hun ham til å gi etter for henne.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hun lokket ham med sin fine tale, hun forførte ham med sine glatte lepper.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hun lokket ham med mange smigrende ord, og med sine glatte lepper førte hun ham vill.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Med mange vakre ord fikk hun ham til å gi etter, med leppenes smiger tvang hun ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Med sine smigrende ord fikk hun ham til å bøye seg, og med leppens blidhet presset hun ham til seg.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Med mange vakre ord fikk hun ham til å gi etter, med leppenes smiger tvang hun ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Med mye smigreord fikk hun ham til å avvike, med sine glatte lepper drev hun ham.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Med mye smiger overtaler hun ham; med sine glatte lepper lokker hun ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hun bøiede ham med sin megen Lærdom, hun tilskyndte ham med sine smigrende Læber.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Med mye lokkende tale førte hun ham til å gi etter, med sine smigrende lepper tvang hun ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Med forførende ord ledet hun ham vill. Med sine glatte lepper forførte hun ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hun ledet ham bort med sin mengde av ord, med sine smigrende lepper tvang hun ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Med sine mange smigrende ord fikk hun ham til å gi etter; med sine forførende lepper dro hun ham med seg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Med sine overbevisende ord fikk hun ham overtalt; med sine glatte lepper forførte hun ham.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
• Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
• Judg 16:15-17 : 15 Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me where your great strength lies." 16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, that his soul was vexed to death, 17 that he told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come upon my head, for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaven, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."
• 1 Sam 28:23 : 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.
• 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And it happened one day, that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
• Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
• Luke 14:23 : 23 And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
• Luke 24:29 : 29 But they urged him, saying, Stay with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to stay with them.
• Acts 16:15 : 15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she persuaded us.
• 2 Cor 5:14 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died:
• Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.