Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

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
But her end
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 a harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer than oil. 4 But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword. 5 Her feet go down unto death, and her steps pierce through unto hell.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I found, that a woman is bitterer than death: for she is a very angle, her heart is a net, and her hands are chains. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner will be taken with her.

Psalm 55:21

Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.

Hebrews 4:12

for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

Judges 16:4-6

And after that he loved a woman, upon the river of Sorek, called Delilah

Judges 16:15-21

Then she said unto him, "How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me? For thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth."

Psalm 57:4

I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 6:24-35

that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot:

Proverbs 7:22-23

suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished -

Proverbs 9:18

But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.

Proverbs 23:27-28

For a whore is a deep grave, and a harlot is a narrow pit.

Hebrews 12:15-16

And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:

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