Proverbs 5:3
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Proverbs 5:3

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,

International Standard Version

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

A Conservative Version

For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For the lips of the strange woman will drop droppings of the honeycomb, and her palate is smooth above oil:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Themes

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of

Disobedience » The reward for being disobedient to your instructors

Evil » Temptresses, examples of women who have enticed men to sin » strange women

Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned

Harlots » Warnings against

Honey » Illustrative of » Lips of a strange woman

Oil » Described as » Smooth

Temptresses » Eve » strange women

Whoredom » The reward for whoredom

Whoredom » Whores

Whoredom » Avoiding harlots

Women » Harlots » Warnings against

Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness

Women » Temptresses » strange women

Topics

Lips

Mouths

Persuasion

Elegance

adultry

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the lips
H8193
שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
lip, bank, brim, edge, language, speech, shore, brink, border, side, prating, vain,
Usage: 176

of a strange woman
H2114
זוּר 
Zuwr 
stranger, strange, estranged, stranger , another, strange woman, gone away, fanners, another place
Usage: 77

drop
H5197
נטף 
Nataph 
drop, prophesy, prophet, down
Usage: 18

as an honeycomb
H5317
נפת 
Nopheth 
honeycomb
Usage: 5

and her mouth
H2441
חך 
Chek 
mouth, roof of the mouth, taste
Usage: 18

is smoother
H2509
חלק 
Chalaq 
flattering, smooth, smoother
Usage: 4

References

American

Wormwood

Honey

Easton

Honey

Hastings

Marriage

Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:3

Verse Info

Context Readings

Avoid Seduction

2 That you may observe discretion
And your lips may reserve knowledge.
 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;
 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Other ReadingsStaying The Course

As Sweet as Honey

Sweet as Honey

Cross References

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words;

Proverbs 6:24

To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 7:21

With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her flattering lips she seduces him.

Revelation 17:2-6

with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.”

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