Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said: New Living Translation She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said, English Standard Version She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him, Berean Standard Bible She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: King James Bible So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, New King James Version So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him: New American Standard Bible So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him: NASB 1995 So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: NASB 1977 So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him: Legacy Standard Bible So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: Amplified Bible So she caught him and kissed him And with a brazen and impudent face she said to him: Christian Standard Bible She grabs him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him, Holman Christian Standard Bible She grabs him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him,” American Standard Version So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him: Contemporary English Version She grabbed him and kissed him, and with no sense of shame, she said: English Revised Version So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him: GOD'S WORD® Translation She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to him, Good News Translation She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said, International Standard Version So she grabs hold of him and kisses him, with a brazen face she speaks to him, Majority Standard Bible She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: NET Bible So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, New Heart English Bible So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: Webster's Bible Translation So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, World English Bible So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd she laid hold on him and kissed him, "" She has hardened her face and says to him, Young's Literal Translation And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him, Smith's Literal Translation She laid hold upon him and kissed to him; she strengthened her face, and she will say to him, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying: Catholic Public Domain Version And overtaking the youth, she kisses him, and with a provocative face, she flatters him, saying: New American Bible Then she grabs him, kisses him, and with an impudent look says to him: New Revised Standard Version She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him: Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo she caught him and kissed him, and, with an impudent face, said to him, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And she caught him and kissed him, and her face was bold, and she said to him: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him: Brenton Septuagint Translation Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings about the Adulteress…12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. 13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: 14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.… Cross References Genesis 39:12 She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside. Judges 16:15-17 “How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!” / Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death, / Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.” 2 Samuel 11:2-4 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. / So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” / Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. 1 Kings 11:1-3 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin. Job 31:9-12 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door, / then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her. / For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged. ... Psalm 55:21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. Proverbs 2:16-19 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words / who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. / For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. ... Proverbs 5:3-6 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, / in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. / Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol. ... Proverbs 6:24-26 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. / Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. / For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. Proverbs 9:13-18 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. / She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, / calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. ... Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared. Isaiah 3:16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed. Ezekiel 16:30-34 How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! / But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. / You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! ... Treasury of Scripture So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, she Genesis 39:7,12 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me… Numbers 25:1,6-8 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab… Numbers 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. Ezekiel 2:4,6 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD… Ezekiel 3:7-9 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted… Jump to Previous Brazen Caught Face Hand Hardened Hold Impudent Kissed Kisses Kissing Laid Seizes Shame SignJump to Next Brazen Caught Face Hand Hardened Hold Impudent Kissed Kisses Kissing Laid Seizes Shame SignProverbs 7 1. Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom6. In an example of his own experience he shows 10. the cunning of a harlot 22. and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton 24. He detests such wickedness She seizes him The Hebrew word for "seizes" is "חָזַק" (chazaq), which conveys a sense of strength and forceful action. This word is often used in the Old Testament to describe a strong grip or hold, indicating the woman's aggressive and assertive nature. In the context of Proverbs, this action symbolizes the seductive power of temptation, which can capture and ensnare the unwary. The imagery here is vivid, warning the reader of the dangers of being caught off guard by sin's allure. Historically, this reflects the cultural understanding of seduction as a powerful force that can lead one astray from righteousness. and kisses him she brazenly says to him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew She seizesוְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה (wə·he·ḥĕ·zî·qāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer him בּ֭וֹ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew and kisses him; וְנָ֣שְׁקָה־ (wə·nā·šə·qāh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5401: To kiss, to equip with weapons she brazenly הֵעֵ֥זָה (hê·‘ê·zāh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5810: To be strong says וַתֹּ֣אמַר (wat·tō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to him: לֽוֹ׃ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Proverbs 7:13 NIVProverbs 7:13 NLT Proverbs 7:13 ESV Proverbs 7:13 NASB Proverbs 7:13 KJV Proverbs 7:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 7:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 7:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 7:13 French Bible Proverbs 7:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:13 So she caught him and kissed him (Prov. 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