Proverbs 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

KJV

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

WEB

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

ASV

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

LSV

And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, || Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.

YLT

And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.

DBY

but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

DRC

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

GNV

But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.

JPS

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

LXXE

but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.Gr. a more bitter thing.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

ὕστερον μέντοι πικρότερον χολῆς εὑρήσεις, καὶ ἠκονημένον μᾶλλον μαχαίρας διστόμου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
• 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.
• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 23:27–28For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
• Judges 16:15–21“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!” Finally, after she had pressed him…
• Proverbs 6:24–35to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress…
• Hebrews 12:15–16See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many. See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single…
• Judges 16:4–6Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we…
• Proverbs 7:22–23He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.

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