# Proverbs 5.4 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 2. That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: > > **4. But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.** > > 5. Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; 6. So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not. (Proverbs 5:2-6, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 2. that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. 3. For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, > > **4. but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.** > > 5. Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. 6. She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it. (Proverbs 5:2-6, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 2. That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: mouth: Heb. palate > > **4. But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.** > > 5. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. (Proverbs 5:2-6, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 2. To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep. 3. For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth, > > **4. And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.** > > 5. Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of. 6. The path of life, lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths, thou knowest not. (Proverbs 5:2-6, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Passages:** - [Amos 5.7](/codex/amos-5-7/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.