King James Version
Proverbs 7:5 in the King James Version says “That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.”
Proverbs 7:5 · KJV
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, the youths: Heb. the sons
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That they may keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“thee from the strange”
H2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
“from the stranger”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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