Proverbs 5:3
¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
¶ *†For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. palate
- *Cross-referenceChap.2.16. and 6.24.
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2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
2With whom the kings of the earth haue committed fornication, and the inhabiters of the earth haue beene made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3So he caried me away in the Spirit into the wildernesse: and I saw a woman sit vpō a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes.
4And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour, and †decked with gold, and precious stone & pearles, hauing a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthinesse of her fornication.
5And vpon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of ‖Harlots, And Abominations Of The Earth.
6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of Iesus: and when I saw her, I wondred with great admiration.
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Proverbs 5:3
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.
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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
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Sense 1: A small rounded portion of liquid. Sense 2: To fall, let fall, distil, or pour in drops.
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The waxen structure of cells made by bees to hold honey and their young.
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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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More soft or pleasing in speech.
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1. An oily substance, especially olive oil. 2. To anoint or supply with oil.
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5:3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
5:3¶ *†For the lips of a strange woman drop as an hony combe, and her mouth is smoother then oyle.
Selected passage5:4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
5:4But her end is bitter as wormewood, sharpe as a two edged sword.
5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
5:5*Her feete goe downe to death: her steps take hold on hell.
5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
5:7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
5:7Heare me now therefore, O yee children: & depart not from the words of my mouth.
5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
5:8Remoue thy way farre from her, and come not nie the doore of her house:
5:9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
5:9Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:
5:10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
5:10†Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger,
5:11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
5:11And thou mourne at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
5:12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
5:12And say, How haue I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproofe?
5:13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
5:13And haue not obeyed the voyce of my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me?
5:14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
5:14I was almost in all euill, in the midst of the congregation & assembly.