Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Proverbs 5:4 in other translations
| BSB | in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. |
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| WEB | but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| ASV | But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| YLT | And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths. |
| DARBY | but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| BBE | But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword; |
| Webster | But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
What does Proverbs 5:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14
Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct view is to warn against seventh-commandment sins. Often these have been, and still are, Satan's method of drawing men from the worship of God into false religion. Consider how fatal the consequences…
Proverbs 5:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 5:4
- Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Proverbs 9:18
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
- Judges 16:15-21
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. …
- Hebrews 12:15-16
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
- Proverbs 6:24-35
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? …
- Judges 16:4-6
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
- Proverbs 7:22-23
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
- Proverbs 23:27-28
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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Context
- Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
- Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs 5:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas su fin es amargo como el ajenjo, agudo como cuchillo de dos filos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais à la fin elle est amère comme l’absinthe, aiguë comme une épée à deux tranchants. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | aber ihr Letztes ist bitter wie Wermut, scharf wie ein zweischneidiges Schwert. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium, et acuta quasi gladius biceps. |