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Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said 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:
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:
Revised Standard Version
She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she 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,
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 looked forth through my lattice. 7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner, He went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. 10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, And with crafty intent. 11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don't stay in her house. 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, And lurking at every corner. 13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him: 14 "Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows. 15 Therefore I came out to meet you, To diligently seek your face, 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
Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
Genesis 7:2
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
Genesis 7:4
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
Genesis 7:7
Noah went into the ark with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:9
went by pairs to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:18
The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
Genesis 7:19
The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky 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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