King James Version
Proverbs 2:16 in the King James Version says “To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;”
Proverbs 2:16 · KJV
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thee from the strange”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“even from the stranger”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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