Proverbs 5:1-6 Parallel Bible Translations

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	CSB Christian Standard Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding	My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,	My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,
2	so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.	that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.	that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3	Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are 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	in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-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 head straight for Sheol.	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	She doesn’t consider the path of life; she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.	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.
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