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15 Whose orkhot (paths) are crooked ones, and they are devious in their ma’agalot (paths);

16 To save thee from the isha zarah (strange woman), even from the nokhriyah (strange [immoral] woman) which useth smooth words;

17 Which forsaketh the alluf (companion, husband) of her youth, and forgetteth the brit (covenant) of her G-d.

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15 whose paths are crooked(A)
    and who are devious in their ways.(B)

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(C)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God