Proverbs 5:4
Modern Translations
New International Version
but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

New Living Translation
But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword.

English Standard Version
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Berean Study Bible
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

New American Standard Bible
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

NASB 1995
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

NASB 1977
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Amplified Bible
But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Christian Standard Bible
in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
in the end she's as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Contemporary English Version
But all that you really get from being with her is bitter poison and pain.

Good News Translation
but when it is all over, she leaves you nothing but bitterness and pain.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword.

International Standard Version
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

NET Bible
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

New King James Version
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

King James 2000 Bible
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

New Heart English Bible
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

World English Bible
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

American King James Version
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

American Standard Version
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

A Faithful Version
But her end is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Darby Bible Translation
but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

English Revised Version
But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Webster's Bible Translation
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, "" Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.

Young's Literal Translation
And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.

Smith's Literal Translation
And her latter state being bitter as wormwood; sharp as a two-mouthed sword.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
But their end is of bitter wormwood, for they are sharper than a doubleedged sword

Lamsa Bible
But the end of her life is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
















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