23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart

Are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

23 Smooth words may hide a wicked heart,

just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.

23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart

Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

23 Kind words from a wicked mind

are like a shiny coating on a clay pot.

23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart

Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

23 Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

23 ⸤Like⸥ a clay pot covered with cheap silver, 

⸤so⸥ is smooth talk that covers up an evil heart. 

23 Smooth lips with an evil heart

are like glaze on an earthen vessel.

23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel

are smooth lips with an evil heart.

23 Like impure silver which overlays an earthen vessel,

so are smooth lips and an evil heart.

23 Warm words that come from an evil heart

are like shiny paint on a clay pot.

23 Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross

Are burning lips and a wicked heart.