Parallel Verses

Amplified


But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

New American Standard Bible

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

King James Version

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Holman Bible

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

International Standard Version

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

A Conservative Version

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

American Standard Version

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Bible in Basic English

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;

Darby Translation

but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Julia Smith Translation

And her latter state being bitter as wormwood; sharp as a two-mouthed sword.

King James 2000

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But her end is bitter as the wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Modern King James verseion

but afterward she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.

NET Bible

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

New Heart English Bible

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

The Emphasized Bible

But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword!

Webster

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

World English Bible

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Youngs Literal Translation

And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But her end
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

is bitter
מרה מר 
Mar 
Usage: 38

לענה 
La`anah 
Usage: 8

חד 
Chad 
Usage: 4

References

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Avoid Seduction

3
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb]
And her speech is smoother than oil;
4 
But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5
Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].

Psalm 55:21


The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Judges 16:4-6

After this he fell in love with a [Philistine] woman [living] in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Judges 16:15-21

Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me where your great strength lies.”

Psalm 57:4


My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 6:24-35


To keep you from the evil woman,
From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman.

Proverbs 7:22-23


Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,

Proverbs 9:18


But he does not know that the spirits of the dead are there,
And that her guests are [already] in the depths of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

Proverbs 23:27-28


For a prostitute is a deep pit,
And an immoral woman is a narrow well.

Hebrews 12:15-16

See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

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