^{16 Ref} To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

^{17 Ref} Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

^{18 Ref} For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

^{19 Ref} Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life: