Proverbs 5:4

2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

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

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

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
KJV
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
WEB
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.
ASV
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
DARBY
but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
BLB
but her end [is] bitter as wormwood, sharp [with] mouths as a sword.
ÅB
men til sist er hun besk som malurt, hvass som et tveegget sverd.
OTB
men til slutt er hun så bitter som malurt, så skarp som et tveegget sverd.
B1930
men til sist er hun besk som malurt, hvass som et tveegget sverd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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  • Psalms 57:4

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

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  • Psalms 55:21

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

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  • Hebrews 4:12

    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, 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.

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  • Proverbs 9:18

    But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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  • Judges 16:15–21

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

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  • Hebrews 12:15–16

    Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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  • Proverbs 6:24–35

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

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