Protestantism
English
¶For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:1
- mouth: Heb. palate
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.
For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Though the lips of the forbidden woman1 drip honey and her speech2 is smoother than oil,
- Or the adulteress
- Or her palate
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
For the lips of the strange [woman] drop [as] a honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil,
¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.1
- Or “palate”
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is sweeter than oil,
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is smoother than oil;
Truly, the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:1
- mouth: Heb. palate.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;
For the lips of an adulteress drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:1
- mouth: Heb. palate
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Catholicism
English
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.1
- 5:3The word ‘meretricis’ can mean prostitute, but it can also, more often, refer to a woman who behaves like a prostitute: either a kept woman with only one lover, or a promiscuous woman with many lovers. The translation as ‘loose woman’ is a better fit for the meaning of the text. As is clear from the previous verse, this passage is not merely warning against prostitution, but against loose living.(Conte)