Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor the lips of the forbidden woman drip with honeycomb sweetness, and her words are slicker than olive oil—
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor the lips of the strange woman drip with wild honey, and her palate is smoother than oil—
KJV
King James VersionFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThough the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Footnotes
The Hebrew זָרָה (*zarah*, 'strange/foreign woman') carries legal and covenantal weight beyond moral judgment alone — she is a woman outside the covenant community, a figure of boundary-crossing danger. נֹפֶת (*nophet*) is the finest grade of honey dripping directly from the comb, evoking irresistible, unbidden sweetness. FOG renders this literally as 'wild honey' to preserve sensory immediacy and the original audience's instinctive associations; FOG Message opts for 'forbidden woman' to draw out the covenantal dimension that *zarah* implies.