PRO 5:3 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Μὴ πρόσεχε φαύλῃ γυναικί. Μέλι γὰρ ἀποστάζει ἀπὸ χειλέων γυναικὸς πόρνης, ἣ πρὸς καιρὸν λιπαίνει σὸν φάρυγγα,
(Maʸ proseⱪe faulaʸ gunaiki. Meli gar apostazei apo ⱪeileōn gunaikos pornaʸs, haʸ pros kairon lipainei son farunga, )

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

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

UST Do this because what an adulterous woman says seems delightful like honey
⇔ and more pleasing than olive oil.

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

OEB For the lips of the harlot drop honey,
⇔ her mouth is smoother than oil;

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • and smoother than oil is her mouth.[fn]

5:? Or “palate”

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

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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:

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]

5.3 mouth: Heb. palate

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][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.)

5:3 Chap.2. 16. and 6. 24.

5:3 Heb. palate

Bshps For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:
(For the lippes of a strange woman are a dropping honeycomb, and her throte 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 lippes of a strange woman drop as an honey combe, 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 lippes of an harlot are a droppinge honeycomb, and her throte 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 lippis of an hoore been an honey coomb droppinge, and her throte is clerere 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 Hure are süß like Honigseim, and their/her Kehle is glätter because Öl,)

ClVg favus enim distillans labia meretricis, et nitidius oleo guttur ejus:[fn]
(favus because distillans labia meretricis, and nitidius oleo guttur his: )

5.3 Favus enim. Cum in ore hæretico, etc., usque ad veritas a stultis æstimatur. Labia meretricis. Patet de meretrice, quia et sermonis suavitatem et formositatem corporis ad capiendos miseros quærit. Oleo guttur. Oleo Spiritus sancti fides catholica consecratur: quo nitidius suum guttur ostentat, qui sua sensa patrum fide anteponit.

5.3 Favus because. Since in ore hæretico, etc., until to veritas from stultis æstimatur. Labia meretricis. Patet about meretrice, because and sermonis suavitatem and formositatem corporis to capiendos miseros quærit. Oleo guttur. Oleo Spiritus sancti fides catholica consecratur: quo nitidius his_own guttur ostentat, who his_own sensa patrum fide anteponit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

For here indicates that what follows is a reason why someone should obey the commands introduced in 5:1. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: “Do what I say, because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה & חִכָּֽ⁠הּ

lips adulteress & speech,her

Here, lips and palate represent the words that the strange woman speaks. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what words a strange woman says … is what she says”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זָרָ֑ה

adulteress

See how you translated strange woman in 2:16.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה & וְ⁠חָלָ֖ק מִ⁠שֶּׁ֣מֶן

honey drip & and,smoother than,oil

Here Solomon speaks of the tempting words that the strange woman speaks is as if what she says is fresh honey and oil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “are delightful like fresh honey and more pleasant than oil”

Parallel PRO 5:3