Verse List for PROV 5:3

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OET (OET-RV) Although the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, ⇔ ≈ and her speech is smoother than oil,

OET-LV If/because honey the_lips _of they _drip a _strange_woman and_is_smooth more_than _oil mouth _of_her.

ULT For the lips of a strange woman drip fresh honey ⇔ and smoother than oil, is her palate,

UST Do this because what adulterous women say seems delightful like the taste of honey. ⇔  Yes, their words are more soothing than how olive oil feels on your skin.

BSB & MSB Though the lips of the forbidden woman[fn] drip honey ⇔  and her speech[fn] [is] smoother than oil,

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. ⇔  Her mouth is smoother than oil,

NET For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, ⇔ and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

LSV For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,
And her mouth [is] smoother than oil,

FBV For the lips of an immoral woman may taste as sweet as honey, the kisses of her mouth may be as smooth as oil,

T4T What an immoral woman says to you may be as sweet as honey, ⇔  and sound smoother than olive oil feels on your skin,

LEB • For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey,
• and smoother than oil is her mouth.[fn]

BBE For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Moff that they may save you from the loose woman: ⇔ her lips drop honied words, ⇔  her talk is smoother than oil itself,

JPS For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

ASV For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, ⇔ And her mouth is smoother than oil:

DRA For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

YLT For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,

Drby For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

RV For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

SLT For the lips of the strange woman will drop droppings of the honeycomb, and her palate is smooth above oil:

Wbstr For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

KJB-1769 ¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:[fn]

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.
(¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother then oil.)

Bshps For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:
(For the lips of a strange woman are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is more glistering then oil:)

Gnva For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
(For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is more soft then oil.)

Cvdl For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle.
(For the lips of an harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer then oil.)

Wycl for the lippis of an hoore ben an hony coomb droppinge, and hir throte is clerere than oile;
(for the lips of an hoar/grey been an honeycomb dropping, and her throat is clearer than oil;)

Luth Denn die Lippen der Hure sind süß wie Honigseim, und ihre Kehle ist glätter denn Öl,
(Because the lips the/of_the whore(n) are sweet/cute as/like honeycomb, and their/her throat is smoother because/than oil,)

ClVg favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus:[fn]
(honeycomb because dripping lips prostitute, and brighter with_oil throat his/her:)

UHB כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְ⁠חָלָ֖ק מִ⁠שֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽ⁠הּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί. Μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης, ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα,

BrTr for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate: