Proverbs

Proverbs 2:16

16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman,a

from the strangerb with seductive words

Footnotes

  • a 2:16 Or wayward wife
  • b 2:16 Or adulteress

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Word by word

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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

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.