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For the lips of (A)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
    and her speech[b] is (B)smoother than oil,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
  2. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
    and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)

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24 to preserve you from the evil woman,[a]
    from the smooth tongue of (A)the adulteress.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbour
  2. Proverbs 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman

24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(A)

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Everyone (A)utters lies to his neighbour;
    with (B)flattering lips and (C)a double heart they speak.

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Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

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