Proverbs 5:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
But her latter end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Definitions for Proverbs 5:4
Clarke's Proverbs 5:4 Bible Commentary
Bitter as wormwood - כלענה Kelanah, like the detestable herb wormwood, or something analogous to it: something as excessive in its bitterness, as honey is in its sweetness.
Barnes's Proverbs 5:4 Bible Commentary
Wormwood - In Eastern medicine this herb, the absinthium of Greek and Latin botanists, was looked upon as poisonous rather than medicinal. Compare Revelation 8:11.
Wesley's Proverbs 5:4 Bible Commentary
5:4 But - The effect of that to which she entices men, is destruction.