King James Version
Proverbs 7:21 in the King James Version says “With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.”
Proverbs 7:21 · KJV
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. with: Heb. in his hand the day: or, the new moon
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; straightway: Heb. suddenly
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“she caused him to yield”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
“fair speech”
H3948properly, something received, i.e., (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inve
“of her lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“she forced”
H5080to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
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