Proverbs 5:3-8 Parallel Bible Translations

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3	For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil;	For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,	For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
4	But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.	but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.	but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5	Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),	Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;	Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
6	So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life; Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.	she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.	She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.
7	Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from (forget) the words of my mouth.	And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.	Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
8	Let your way [in life] be far from her, And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],	Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,	Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,
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