Proverbs 6:24

English Standard Version

²⁴to preserve you from the evil woman,^[a]
from the smooth tongue of ^(A)the adulteress.^[b]

Proverbs 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor
Proverbs 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman

Proverbs 6:24

New International Version

²⁴keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.^(A)

²⁷For a prostitute is ^(A)a deep pit;
^(B)an adulteress^[a] is a narrow ^(C)well.

²⁷for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,^(A)
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

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