Proverbs 5:4
Strong's Lexicon
her end
וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ (wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 319: 1) after part, end 1a) end, issue, event 1b) latter time (prophetic for future time) 1c) posterity 1d) last, hindermost

is bitter
מָרָ֣ה (mā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4751: adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly

as wormwood,
כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה (ḵal·la·‘ă·nāh)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3939: 1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)

sharp
חַ֝דָּ֗ה (ḥad·dāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2299: 1) sharp

as a double-edged
פִּיּֽוֹת׃ (pî·yō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

sword.
כְּחֶ֣רֶב (kə·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Young's Literal Translation
And her latter end [is] bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword [with] mouths.

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

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

King James Bible
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

New Living Translation
But in the end she is as bitter as poison, as dangerous as a double-edged sword.

English Standard Version
but in the end she is bitter as 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 Bible
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Holman Christian Standard 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.

NET Bible
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.

English Revised Version
But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

Young's Literal Translation
And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.
















Cross References
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Psalm 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

Proverbs 5:2
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:1
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Proverbs 5:7
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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