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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי נפת תטפנה שפתי זרה וחלק משמן חכה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky npt ttpnh SHpty zrh vKHlq mSHmn KHkh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
favus enim stillans labia meretricis et nitidius oleo guttur eius

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the lips of an immoral woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Authorized (King James) Version   
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
New King James Version   
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
21st Century King James Version   
For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because the lips of an estranged woman are dripping honey and her words are softer than oil.
Darby Bible Translation   
For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
God's Word   
The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
International Standard Version   
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
NET Bible   
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
New American Standard Bible   
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
New International Version   
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
New Living Translation   
For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
The World English Bible   
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
EasyEnglish Bible   
Do not listen to the words of an adulteress. She promises something as sweet as honey and as beautiful as olive oil.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
New Life Version   
For the lips of a strange woman are as sweet as honey. Her talk is as smooth as oil.
The Voice Bible   
You see, the lips of a seductive woman speak honey-sweet words; they are smooth like oil and enticing.
Living Bible   
For the lips of a prostitute are as sweet as honey, and smooth flattery is her stock-in-trade.
New Catholic Bible   
The lips of an adulteress drip with honey and her mouth is smoother than oil,
Legacy Standard Bible   
For the lips of a strange woman drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For the lips of the strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil,
Christian Standard Bible   
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
New Century Version   
The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey; they may be as smooth as olive oil.
The Message   
The lips of a seductive woman are oh so sweet, her soft words are oh so smooth. But it won’t be long before she’s gravel in your mouth, a pain in your gut, a wound in your heart. She’s dancing down the perfumed path to Death; she’s headed straight for Hell and taking you with her. She hasn’t a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she’s going.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
because the lips of an immoral woman drip with honey, and her words are as smooth as olive oil,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
Good News Translation®   
The lips of another man's wife may be as sweet as honey and her kisses as smooth as olive oil,
Wycliffe Bible   
Give thou not attention to the falseness of a woman; for the lips of an whore be an honeycomb dropping (for a whore’s lips be like a dripping honeycomb), and her throat is clearer than oil;
Contemporary English Version   
The words of an immoral woman may be as sweet as honey and as smooth as olive oil.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
Common English Bible © 2011   
The lips of a mysterious woman drip honey, and her tongue is smoother than oil,
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey [like a honeycomb] And her speech is smoother than oil;
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Indeed, the lips of the stranger drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
New American Standard Bible   
For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
The Expanded Bible   
The ·words of another man’s wife [lips of an immoral/L strange woman] may ·seem sweet as [L drip like] honey; ·they [L her tongue/palette] may be as smooth as olive oil.
Tree of Life Version   
For a seducing woman’s lips drip honey and her mouth is smoother than oil.
Revised Standard Version   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
New International Reader's Version   
A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than olive oil.
BRG Bible   
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Complete Jewish Bible   
For the lips of a woman who is a stranger drop honey, her mouth is smoother than oil;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For the sfatayim (lips) of a zarah (strange woman) drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than shemen (olive oil);
Names of God Bible   
The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,
Modern English Version   
For the lips of an immoral woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Now, another man’s wife might be very charming, and the words from her lips so sweet and inviting.
International Children’s Bible   
The words of another man’s wife may seem sweet as honey. Her words may be as pleasant as olive oil.
Lexham English Bible   
For the lips of the strange woman will drip honey, and smoother than oil is her mouth.
New International Version - UK   
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;