Proverbs 5:3–4
Proverbs 5:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as gall,
sharp as a double-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil,
4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb,
And her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a twoedged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,
and her mouth is smoother than oil.
4 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)
3 For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey;
they may be as smooth as olive oil.
4 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)
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,
And her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; 4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey.
Her kiss is smoother than oil,
4 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)
3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,
4 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)
3 For the lips of a loose woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;
4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs 5:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey,
and smoother than oil is her mouth.
4 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)
3 A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey.
What she says is smoother than oil.
4 But in the end she is like bitter poison.
She cuts like a sword that has two edges.