His mouth was smooth as butter,\par\tab But his heart was war:\par\tab His words were softer than oil,\par\tab Yet were they drawn swords.
Proverbs 5:3 - American Standard Version 2015 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey,\par\tab And her mouth is smoother than oil: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, And her mouth is smoother than oil: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; [Ezek. 20:30; Col. 2:8-10; II Pet. 2:14-17.] American Standard Version (1901) For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: Common English Bible The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, and her tongue is smoother than oil, Catholic Public Domain Version For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil. |
His mouth was smooth as butter,\par\tab But his heart was war:\par\tab His words were softer than oil,\par\tab Yet were they drawn swords.
To deliver thee from the strange woman,\par\tab Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;\par\tab He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,\par\tab And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
To keep thee from the evil woman,\par\tab From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield;\par\tab With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman,\par\tab From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, {\i and} whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Thy lips, O {\i my} bride, drop {\i as} the honeycomb:\par\tab Honey and milk are under thy tongue;\par\tab And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.