3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,


In Context

1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:

2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.

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

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

5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol.

Proverbs 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: