Proverbs 5:1-5 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 My son, attend to my wisdom; incline thine ear to 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 To watch meditation, and thy lips shall guard knowledge. that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 For the lips of the strange woman will drop droppings of the honeycomb, and her palate is smooth above 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 And her latter state being bitter as wormwood; sharp as a two-mouthed 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 will hold fast to hades. 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.
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