Proverbs 5:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,Or the adulteressOr her palate

KJV

¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:mouth: Heb. palate

WEB

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

ASV

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

LSV

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, || And her mouth [is] smoother than oil,

YLT

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,

DBY

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

DRC

For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

GNV

For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

JPS

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

LXXE

for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί. Μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης, ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
• Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
• Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
• Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
• Revelation 17:2–6The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman…

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