Proverbs 5:4 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.
English ASV
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
English Amplified
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English EASY 2024
But in the end, she gives you bitter food, like poison. She gives you pain like a sharp sword.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
But in the end, she will bring only bitterness and pain. It will be like bitter poison and a sharp sword.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
but when it is all over, she leaves you nothing but bitterness and pain.
English God's Word - GW 1995
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
in the end she's as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
English KJV 1611
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English LSB
But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two‑edged sword.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
But in the end she is like bitter poison. She cuts like a sword that has two edges.
English NIV
but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.
English NKJ 1982
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
English NLT
But the result is as bitter as poison, sharp as a double-edged sword.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
But I promise you this: In the end all you’ll be left with is a bitter conscience. For the sting of your sin will pierce your soul like a sword.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
But afterwards only a bitter conscience is left to you, sharp as a double-edged sword.
English Tyndale 1537
But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.