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678 B
678 B
but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood
The writer speaks of the harm that comes from having a relationship with an adulteress as if she tasted as bitter as wormwood. Alternate translation: "but in the end, she is like bitter-tasting wormwood and will cause you harm" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
wormwood
a plant that tastes bitter
cutting like a sharp sword
The writer speaks of the pain that the adulteress will cause to the one who has a relationship with her as if she were a sharp weapon that cuts the person. Alternate translation: "she wounds a person, as if she were a sharp sword" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)