Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Holman Bible
and her words are
International Standard Version
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech 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
Honey » Illustrative of » Lips of a strange woman
Temptresses » Eve » strange women
Whoredom » The reward for whoredom
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
Interlinear
Saphah
Zuwr
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 5:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Avoid Seduction
2 that thou may preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of an interloping 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.
Cross References
Psalm 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Proverbs 2:16
to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 6:24
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.
Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
Revelation 17:2-6
with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.