Proverbs5:3 - Bible Gateway

Proverbs 5:3

KJ21

For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

ASV

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

AMP

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil;

AMPC

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

BRG

¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

CSB

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,

CEB

The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, and her tongue is smoother than oil,

CJB

For the lips of a woman who is a stranger drop honey, her mouth is smoother than oil;

CEV

The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil.

DARBY

For the lips of the 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.

ERV

Now, another man’s wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting.

EASY

Do not listen to the words of an adulteress. She promises something as sweet as honey and as beautiful as olive oil.

EHV

because the lips of an immoral woman drip with honey, and her words are as smooth as olive oil,

ESV

For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,

ESVUK

For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,

EXB

The ·words of another man’s wife [lips of an immoral/^Lstrange woman] may ·seem sweet as [^Ldrip like] honey; ·they [^Lher tongue/palette] may be as smooth as olive oil.

GNV

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is more soft than oil.

The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,

GNT

The lips of another man's wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil,

HCSB

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,

ICB

The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey. Her words may be as pleasant as olive oil.

ISV

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

JUB

For the lips of the strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil,

KJV

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

AKJV

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

LSB

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;

LEB

For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.

TLB

For the lips of a prostitute are as sweet as honey, and smooth flattery is her stock-in-trade.

MSG

The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death; she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn’t a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she’s going.

MEV

For the lips of an immoral woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

NOG

The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,

NABRE

Indeed, the lips of the stranger drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

NASB

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;

NASB1995

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;

NCB

The lips of an adulteress drip with honey and her mouth is smoother than oil,

NCV

The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey; they may be as smooth as olive oil.

NET

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

NIRV

A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than olive oil.

NIV

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

NIVUK

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

NKJV

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;

NLV

For the lips of a strange woman are as sweet as honey. Her talk is as smooth as oil.

NLT

For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

NRSVA