His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Proverbs 5:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a twoedged sword. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword. American Standard Version (1901) But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. Common English Bible but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Catholic Public Domain Version But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. |
His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters; he who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.