Proverbs 5:4
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 5:4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.(A)
Proverbs 5:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
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Proverbs 5:4-6
The Message
3-6 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,
her soft words are oh so smooth.
But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,
a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.
She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death;
she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.
She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,
about who she is or where she’s going.
Proverbs 5:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 But in the end she is (A)bitter as wormwood,
(B)Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet (C)go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.
6 [a]She does not ponder the (D)path of life;
Her ways are (E)unstable, she (F)does not know it.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:6 Lit That she not watch
Proverbs 5:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.(A)
5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps follow the path to Sheol.
6 She does not keep straight to the path of life;
her ways wander, and she does not know it.
Proverbs 5:4-6
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.
6 They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.
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Proverbs 5:4-6
The Message
3-6 The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet,
her soft words are oh so smooth.
But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth,
a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart.
She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death;
she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her.
She hasn’t a clue about Real Life,
about who she is or where she’s going.
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