For the lipsof an adulteressdriphoneyAnd smootherthanoilis her speech;
His speechwas smootherthanbutter,But his heartwas war;His wordswere softerthanoil,Yet they were drawnswords.
To deliveryou from the strangewoman,From the adulteresswho flatterswith her words;
The mouthof an adulteressis a deeppit;He who is cursedof the LORDwill fallinto it.
For whyshould you, my son,be exhilaratedwith an adulteressAnd embracethe bosomof a foreigner?
To keepyou from the evilwoman,From the smoothtongueof the adulteress.
With her manypersuasionsshe enticeshim; With her flatteringlipsshe seduceshim.
That they may keepyou from an adulteress,From the foreignerwho flatterswith her words.
And I discoveredmorebitterthandeaththe womanwhoseheartis snaresand nets,whose handsare chains.Onewhois pleasingto Godwill escapefrom her, but the sinnerwill be capturedby her.
"Your lips,[my] bride,driphoney;Honeyand milkare underyour tongue,And the fragranceof your garmentsis like the fragranceof Lebanon.
