Proverbs

Proverbs 2:16–18

16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman,a

from the strangerb with seductive words

17who abandons the partner of her youth

and forgets the covenant of her God.

18For her house sinks down to death,

and her tracks to the departed spirits.c

Footnotes

  • a 2:16 Or wayward wife
  • b 2:16 Or adulteress
  • c 2:18 Hebrew to the Rephaim

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Proverbs 2:16

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
It will rescue youלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָlə·haṣ·ṣî·lə·ḵāPreposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singularH5337 strip, plunder
from the forbiddenזָרָ֑הzā·rāhAdjective - feminine singularH2114 be a stranger
womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הmê·’iš·šāhPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singularH802 woman, wife, female
from the strangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmin·nā·ḵə·rî·yāhPreposition-m; Adjective - feminine singularH5237 foreign, alien
with seductiveהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃he·ḥĕ·lî·qāhVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singularH2505 divide, share
wordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ’ă·mā·re·hāNoun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH561 something said

Proverbs 2:17

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
who abandonsהַ֭עֹזֶבֶתha·‘ō·ze·ḇeṯArticle; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularH5800 leave, forsake, loose
the partnerאַלּ֣וּף’al·lūp̄Noun - masculine singular constructH441 tame
of her youthנְעוּרֶ֑יהָnə·‘ū·re·hāNoun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH5271 youth, juvenility, young
and forgetsשָׁכֵֽחָה׃šā·ḵê·ḥāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH7911 forget
the covenantבְּרִ֖יתbə·rîṯNoun - feminine singular constructH1285 covenant
of her Godאֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ’ĕ·lō·he·hāNoun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH430 God

Proverbs 2:18

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
her houseבֵּיתָ֑הּbê·ṯāhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singularH1004 house
sinks downשָׁ֣חָהšā·ḥāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularH7743 sink down
toאֶל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
deathמָ֣וֶתmā·weṯNoun - masculine singularH4194 death
and her tracksמַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ma‘·gə·lō·ṯe·hāNoun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singularH4570 entrenchment
toוְאֶל־wə·’el-Conjunctive waw; PrepositionH413 motion to
the departed spiritsרְ֝פָאִ֗יםrə·p̄ā·’îmNoun - masculine pluralH7496 lax, ghost, dead

Cross-references

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Proverbs 2:16 Ecclesiastes 7:26 · Proverbs 6:24 · Proverbs 7:5–23 · Proverbs 23:27 · Proverbs 22:14 · Nehemiah 13:26–27 · Genesis 39:3–12

Proverbs 2:17 Ezekiel 16:59–60 · Ezekiel 16:8 · Jeremiah 3:4 · Malachi 2:14–16 · Proverbs 5:18

Proverbs 2:18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · Proverbs 9:18 · Galatians 5:19–21 · Proverbs 5:4–14 · Revelation 21:8 · Ephesians 5:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.