Proverbs 7 · Verse 13

Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
Proverbs 7:13, King James Version

Proverbs 7:13 in other translations

BSBShe seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
WEBSo she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
ASVSo she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:
YLTAnd she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
DARBYAnd she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
BBESo she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
WebsterSo she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,

What does Proverbs 7:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 7:13-15
13-15. The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast (Le 3:9, &c.). This feast she professes was prepared for him whom she boldly addresses as one sought specially to partake of it.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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; endeavored to appear friendly and sincere.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-27

Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same…

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Proverbs 7:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָהve.he.che.Zi.kahand she takes holdH2388
בּ֭וֹboon him
וְנָ֣שְׁקָה\־ve.Na.she.kah-and she kissesH5401
לּ֑וֹlo<to> him
הֵעֵ֥זָהhe.'E.zahshe has made firmH5810
פָ֝נֶ֗יהָfa.Nei.haface herH6440
וַתֹּ֣אמַרva.To.marand she saidH559
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 7:13

  • Numbers 25:6-8

    And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

  • Genesis 39:12

    And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

  • Ezekiel 16:33

    They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

  • Ezekiel 2:4

    For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

  • Proverbs 21:29

    A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

  • Ezekiel 2:6

    And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  • Genesis 39:7

    And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

  • 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 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. Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  • 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.

  • Numbers 25:1

    And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

  • Revelation 2:20

    Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

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she.
Ge 39:7,12; Nu 25:1,6-8; 31:16; Eze 16:33; Re 2:20
with an impudent face said. Heb. she strengthened her faceand said.
Isa 50:7; Eze 2:4,6; 3:7-9

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Context

  • Proverbs 7:12

    Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Proverbs 7:13

    So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

  • Proverbs 7:14

    I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

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Proverbs 7:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y traba de él, y bésalo; desvergonzó su rostro, y díjole:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et elle le saisit, et l’embrassa, et d’un visage effronté lui dit:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie ergriff ihn und küßte ihn, und mit unverschämtem Angesicht sprach sie zu ihm:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem, et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens: