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Revised Standard Version

Proverbs 7:13

She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Blindness;   Harlot (Prostitute);   Hypocrisy;   Ignorance;   Lasciviousness;   Temptation;   Women;   Young Men;   The Topic Concordance - Whoredom;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Veil;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fornication;   Men;   Wisdom;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fool, Foolishness, Folly;   Head, Headship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Evil Speaking;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Delilah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Kiss;   Proverbs, Book of;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Song of Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Face;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Kiss;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Veil;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Harden;   Kiss;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chastity;   Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She grabs him and kisses him;she brazenly says to him,
Hebrew Names Version
So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
King James Version
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
English Standard Version
She seizes him and kisses him, and with bold face she says to him,
New Century Version
She grabbed him and kissed him. Without shame she said to him,
New English Translation
So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,
Amplified Bible
So she caught him and kissed him And with a brazen and 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:
World English Bible
So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
Geneva Bible (1587)
So she caught him & kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,
Legacy Standard Bible
So she seizes him and kisses himAnd with a brazen face she says to him:
Berean Standard Bible
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Contemporary English Version
She grabbed him and kissed him, and with no sense of shame, she said:
Complete Jewish Bible
She grabs him, gives him a kiss, and, brazen-faced, she says to him,
Darby Translation
And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
Easy-to-Read Version
She grabbed the young man and kissed him. Without shame, she looked him in the eye and said,
George Lamsa Translation
So she caught him and kissed him, and, with an impudent face, said to him,
Good News Translation
She threw her arms around the young man, kissed him, looked him straight in the eye, and said,
Lexham English Bible
She took hold of him and kissed him. Her face was impudent, and she said to him,
Literal Translation
and she seizes him and kisses him; she hardens her face and says to him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
she caught ye yoge ma, kyssed him & was not ashamed, sayege:
American Standard Version
So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:
Bible in Basic English
So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
King James Version (1611)
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
English Revised Version
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said unto him:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sche takith, and kissith the yong man; and flaterith with wowynge cheer, and seith, Y ouyte sacrifices for heelthe;
Update Bible Version
So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] 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,
New King James Version
So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him:
New Living Translation
She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said,
New Life Bible
So she catches him and kisses him. With a hard face she says to him,
New Revised Standard
She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
Young's Literal Translation
And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
THE MESSAGE
She threw her arms around him and kissed him, boldly took his arm and said, "I've got all the makings for a feast— today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid, So now I've come to find you, hoping to catch sight of your face—and here you are! I've spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed, colorful imported linens. My bed is aromatic with spices and exotic fragrances. Come, let's make love all night, spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking! My husband's not home; he's away on business, and he won't be back for a month."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him:

Contextual Overview

6 For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, 7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense, 8 passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house 9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness. 10 And lo, a woman meets him, dressed as a harlot, wily of heart. 11 She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home; 12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait. 13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him: 14 "I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows; 15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she: Genesis 39:7, Genesis 39:12, Numbers 25:1, Numbers 25:6-8, Numbers 31:16, Ezekiel 16:33, Revelation 2:20

with an impudent face said: Heb. she strengthened her face and said, Isaiah 50:7, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 3:7-9

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:10 - as she spake Deuteronomy 28:50 - of fierce countenance Proverbs 6:35 - regard Proverbs 9:15 - General Proverbs 30:20 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was five hundred years old, Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate;
Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
Genesis 7:7
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark, to escape the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:9
two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:18
The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:19
And the waters prevailed so mightily upon the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So she caught him, and kissed him,.... The young man that went near her corner where she was plying, or in the way to her house, where she was sitting, or standing, waiting and watching for such an opportunity, for such a person, as a prey to fasten on; and no sooner she saw him, and come up to him, but, without any ceremony or address, she laid hold upon him, as the word l signifies, threw her arms about his neck, and embraced him in them; and, what is unusual for women to do, kissed him, in order to stir up wanton affections and impure desires in him;

[and] with an impudent face; or, "and she strengthened her face" m; rubbed her forehead, put on a brasen face, a whore's front; see Jeremiah 3:3. And

said unto him; accosted him in the following manner, without shame or blushing.

l החזיקה בו "apprehendit eum", Pagninus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens. m העזה פניה "et roboravit facies suas", Montanus; "vultumque suum obfirmavit", Schultens, so Michaelis; "obfirmabat", Cocceius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 7:13. So she caught him — Laid fast hold on him, and kissed him, to show that she was affectionately attached to him.

And with an impudent face — העזה פניה heezzah paneyha, "she strengthened her countenance," assumed the most confident look she could; endeavoured to appear friendly and sincere.


 
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