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Proverbs 5:3–4

For the lips of aa forbidden1 woman drip honey,

and her speech2 is bsmoother than oil,

but in the end she is cbitter as dwormwood,

esharp as fa two-edged sword.

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Proverbs 5:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,

and her speech is smoother than oil;

but in the end she is bitter as gall,

sharp as a double-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb,

And her mouth is smoother than oil:

But her end is bitter as wormwood,

Sharp as a twoedged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,

and her mouth is smoother than oil.

But in the end she is as bitter as poison,

as dangerous as a double-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,

And her mouth is smoother than oil;

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey;

they may be as smooth as olive oil.

But in the end she will bring you sorrow,

causing you pain like a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,

And her mouth is smoother than oil:

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. 

Her kiss is smoother than oil, 

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, 

as sharp as a two-edged sword. 

Proverbs 5:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey

and her words are smoother than oil,

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood

and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,

and her speech is smoother than oil;

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey,

and smoother than oil is her mouth.

But her end is bitter as the wormwood,

sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey.

What she says is smoother than oil.

But in the end she is like bitter poison.

She cuts like a sword that has two edges.

Proverbs 5:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey

And smoother than oil is her speech;

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,

Sharp as a two-edged sword.


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