Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And her latter state being bitter as wormwood; sharp as a two-mouthed sword.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

but afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

is bitter
מרה מר 
Mar 
Usage: 38

לענה 
La`anah 
Usage: 8

חד 
Chad 
Usage: 4

References

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Avoid Seduction

3 For the lips of the strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil, 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death, her steps uphold Sheol,

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are bonds; whosoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be held prisoner in her.

Psalm 55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is alive and efficient and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Judges 16:4-6

And it came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Judges 16:15-21

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times and hast not yet told me what gives thee thy great strength.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions, and I lie even among those that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 6:24-35

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:22-23

He went after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

Proverbs 9:18

But he does not know that the dead are there and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 23:27-28

For a whore is a deep ditch and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Hebrews 12:15-16

looking diligently that no one deviate from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up impede you, and thereby many be defiled,

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